These Urban Legends That Are Based On Real Life Will Give You The Serious Creeps

Spontaneous Human Combustion

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A legend claims that a person could randomly burst into flames for no reason. Usually, if a person catches on fire, there’s a source of ignition. But an Irish coroner claims it happened to 76-year-old Michael Faherty who died in his Galway home on December 22, 2010. There was no accelerant found in the body, which deepened the mystery. Several other cases reported support the notion that spontaneous human combustion is as real as you and I.

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