Anomalies Article: Spontaneous Human Combustion

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Date: March 13, 1966

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John Greeley's Combustion

The Legend:
On March 13, 1966, John Greeley, helmsman of the SS Ulrich, was burnt to a cinder some miles west of Land's End. Only Greeley was burnt; his surroundings were unharmed.

Theories
According to Colin Wilson, Michael Harrison in his book Fire From Heaven, expresses his belief that there is some form of connection between this case and the fiery deaths of two other men on the same day -- George Turner and Willem ten Bruik. Harrison asserts that the three men were at the points of an equilateral triangle whose sides were 340 miles long.

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