2006-09-18 16:54:43 · 17 answers · asked by Nicki Lee 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
you been listening to coast to coast radio again?
yes i do.
all those chemicals in our bodies can go up just like that.
2006-09-18 16:58:00 · answer #1 · answered by Jezabel the annoyed cat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's fairly feasible. Think about this: the human body is mostly made up of water. H20: HYDROGEN that is overcome with 2 parts oxygen to become a lifesaving vital liquid, a rather harmless one at that. Throw a match into a glass and the flame is extinguished in a flash.
In that same glass, take out ALL the oxygen (this has already been done, by the way)...and you still have a liquid. Only throw a match in that liquid now....and you'll blow apart several city blocks in a flash.
It's theorized by many, some who are well respected in the scientific field, that the human body--in very rare instances--has found a way to remove just enough oxygen from our watery bodies and ignition is caused by our internal body heat (which is pretty hot, too). Thus one can be consumed in a explosive fireball flash that extinguishes it's boundaries, leaving all other areas free of burns.
ps: "basketcase": I really like you *blushing*
2006-09-18 17:02:51 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Wizard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spontaneous combustion has nothing to do with the "supernatural" or the "devil". In fact, although it is very rare, it happens naturally through an excessive build up of "phosphorous" in the body. Different factors can contribute to that, but, as I have said, there have to be very exclusive conditions.
Such a buildup of phosphorous in the body can result in the body being burned just where the element combusted, but leave everything else around it untouched. That is because of the nature of phosphorous. Research the element and the phenomenon. You will not get a more accurate answer than this, believe me.
2006-09-18 16:57:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The human body is about 70-75% water, water will only burn when separated into individual molecules of oxygen and hydrogen. Seems most unlikely that a water saturated human body could combust.
2006-09-18 17:01:47 · answer #4 · answered by jack w 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do believe.
Oddly enough, I was just thinking on that subject at lunch today.
I was pondering whether there is any evidence linking over consumption of habanero peppers to spontaneous human combustion.
2006-09-18 17:05:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe. i knwo that it is probably extremely rare, but think about it. the human body is basically a nuclear reactor, with all of the atoms in out body using energy to keep us alive. something can probabyl go wrong with a cold or something like that and the atoms release their energy into our bodies. it might happen all the time, but the bursts of energy ar quelmed by our body's water content (%70). Hypothetically speaking, you would probably have to be really sick and really dehydrated for it to happen, but im not sure if it even exists.
2006-09-18 16:57:53 · answer #6 · answered by nick n 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a government conspiricy. They have actually been developing a laser that zaps things from outer space. They're practicing on people.
2006-09-18 16:57:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
Ive done it
2006-09-18 16:56:39 · answer #8 · answered by 4 strings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I seem to blow up from time to time It could be from McDonalds food
2006-09-18 16:56:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe that i would like to see it happen to a few certain people yes.
2006-09-18 17:02:28 · answer #10 · answered by anissia 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋