Irish Man's Death Ruled Spontaneous Combustion 224
chrb writes "BBC News is reporting that an Irish coroner has ruled that a dead man was killed by spontaneous human combustion. The controversial finding is a first in Irish history. From the article: 'West Galway coroner Dr Ciaran McLoughlin said it was the first time in 25 years of investigating deaths that he had recorded such a verdict. Michael Faherty, 76, died at his home in Galway on 22 December 2010. Deaths attributed by some to "spontaneous combustion" occur when a living human body is burned without an apparent external source of ignition.'"
Pfft, no such thing (Score:1, Funny)
FIRST PO.. *poof!*
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Obligatory Repo Man quote (Score:4, Funny)
link [youtube.com].
Mystery solved. (Score:4, Funny)
He's Irish, therefore, he must have been drinking, and he's 76, so was probably taking nitro glycerine for his heart. Mystery solved.
Now, does that make me a forensic investigator?
Maybe a lemming? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Maybe a lemming? (Score:4, Funny)
OH NO!
Re:Fire in the fireplace? (Score:4, Funny)
if you're loaded up with lethal levels of alcohol...
That would never happen in Ireland.
He's Irish, it's easy to explain. (Score:2, Funny)
It's all the whiskey in him. Whiskey burns, so add a spark from something, anything, and poof a human Molotov cocktail. Don't tell the IRA, they might get some ideas.