At 12:54 PM 11/16/4, revtec wrote: >These are the observations I recall: > >1. The pig was on a large metal tray to retain the juices in the immediate >area and to prevent the fire from spreading across the floor of the room. >2. There was some fabric placed over the pig to supply wicking. >3. An accelerant was used to kick things off.
While this is not so important I am still for some reason to yell CHEAT!!! >4. The fire was never intense enough to spread to the ceiling. >5. Some torso bones did burn to ash. "Some torso bones" is a very long way from the *complete torso* being converted to ash. It is imaginable that heat can be supplied to reduce some bone to ash, but neither the flesh nor the bone itself can supply the energy to burn itself completely to a white ash. Even crematoria designed for the purpose do not do this. It is my (second hadn) understanding that skeletal remains from crematoria are typically pulverised by a ball bearing grinder before placing in the urn. >6. The extremeties were largely intact at the conclusion of the fire. > >Jeff Another factor involved here is time. BTW, I seem to recall having seen the subject TV show. I am left with the impression it took a long time for the pig to burn, even given the use of the accelerant. Various cases of SHC I think have been shown to have occurred in a brief time span, less than 2 hours. I suppose I should have been not so cheap and actually bought the book on SHC so I would know something of what I speak. Regards, Horace Heffner
