For the first time in the history of Ireland, a coroner has determined that the cause of a strange death was spontaneous human combustion. This rare paranormal condition by which a small portion of body remains after being incinerated in a fire that does not spread and has no obvious source of ignition goes back at least 300 years. In December 2010, the charred body of a 76-year-old Irishman was discovered in his apartment that appeared to have been left completely unscathed by the conflagration. West Galway coroner Dr. Ciaran McLoughlin was quoted as saying in court: “This fire was thoroughly investigated and I’m left with the conclusion that this fits into the category of spontaneous human combustion, for which there is no adequate explanation.”





















