Over the past 300 years there have been approximately 200 reported cases of spontaneous human combustion, the burning of a living human body without external ignition. There exist many explanatory theories, some paranormal, some biological and some which claim an external source of ignition.
The biological explanation, based on the existence of unobserved phenomenon such as abnormally high levels of blood alcohol, has its critics. A typical characteristic of spontaneous human combustion is the large degree of burning suffered by the body with the surroundings relatively undamaged. Yet the human body smoulders slowly over an extended period of time which rules biological explanations out.
Those that find the concept of spontaneous human combustion improbable point towards the possibility of an external source of ignition such as a cigarette (not a r41 gold card.) As most victims are elderly, it is thought the individual may have suffered a heart attack before dropping their cigarette and subsequently being ignited.
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