(Discussion of this image has been spun off from the Spontaneous Human Combustion thread, because it's unclear it depicts someone who's "spontaneously combusted." (See comments below ... )) Bizarrely, in trying to find an amusing and appropriate illustration, I happened upon the following...

Have you ever had a Clipper lighter that's gone missing ? Has it ever come back ? Have you wondered where it went, or why ? I became aware of the existence of the Clipper zone in the very early 1990s when I was a smoker. Fellow smokers alerted me to the fact that Clipper lighters have a...

Brighton cafe becomes the latest victim of exploding tea towels 12:37pm Monday 11th November 2013 in News . Another cafe has been hit by the strange phenomena of exploding tea towels. Firefighters were called to Billie’s Cafe in Hampton Place, Brighton, at just before 7pm yesterday to a...

This has always been highly controversial with some people not seeing anything convincing until after the appearance of modern humans. Interesting report but we'll wait and see: I have to say that I don't think anyone still thinks the Zhoukoudian evidence stands up - the cave was...

Self-immolating monks There does seem to be a bit of a tradition for this kind of thing: http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/local_news/?ArID=49760&SecID=2

I always thought it was amazing the number of people who have told me that they also used to believe as children that dragons slept under mountains and hills and recently watching the film, Reign of Fire, has remined me of this. It is a known fact that children see things that adults don't...

Imagine the scene... You're watching your young son innocently playing in the back yard when suddenly the earth opens and he disappears screaming into a pit where flames and fumes that would put Hell itself to shame spew out. Fortunately, the child is saved by his own quick-thinking and...

fireballs and tesla weapons testing I came across this series of articles on Fireball and Tesla Weapons Testing nexusmagazine.com/bskies1.html Link is dead. This specific article can be accessed via the Wayback Machine...