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This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

Spontaneous spontaneous combustion of a person. United States

ID	#1687627176
Added	Sat, 24/06/2023
Author	July N.
Sources	ru.wikipedia.org
Phenomena	Spontaneous spontaneous combustion of a person
Status	Fact

Initial data

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Incident date:

1853

Location:

Колумбус, OH

United States

Around 1853, in Columbus (Ohio), the owner of a liquor store, a German by nationality, caught fire. This case was used by Charles Dickens when writing the preface to the second edition of his novel Bleak House, in which he described a fictional case of human spontaneous combustion.

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