The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxBodies going up in flames with no apparent evidence of a fire source sounds like something you would see in a horror movie – yet, for some, it is very much a reality.Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) refers to a person being burnt alive without an apparent external source of ignition.
The fire seemingly starts within the body of the victim and many have suggested throughout history it is a "sign from God".Despite being powerful enough to reduce victims to ashes, certain stories claim that nothing else in the vicinity of the body showed signs of a fire.Scientists conducted a two-year study in the 1980s to determine what caused SHC and.
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