Jeannie Saffin is a woman from London, England, whose death in 1982 was cited by paranormal researchers and writers as examples of spontaneous human combustion, and reportedly as the latest suspect case in the UK. The aspect of the report made shortly after his injury and death apparently supports the conclusion that his death was due to the spontaneous combustion of humans; John Heymer devotes a chapter from his 1996 book The Entrancing Flame for this case. However, subsequent research has cast doubt on some evidence and denied claims that his injuries were caused by spontaneous human combustion.
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Death
Jeannie Saffin, who was born with a handicap that caused a mental disability that reduced her ability to children, was 61 years old at the time of her death. On the night of September 15, 1982, he sat down with his father in the kitchen of a family home in Edmonton, London. His father, Jack Saffin, is turning away from Jeannie when his attention is on his daughter when he suddenly catches fire. Jack Saffin and his son-in-law, Don Carroll who also at home put out the fire using water from the kitchen, and then called an ambulance. Jeannie was admitted to a hospital by paramedics, treated at North Middlesex Hospital, and then transferred to a fuel unit at Mount Vernon Hospital, where she was treated until her death due to "broncho-pneumonia from burns" eight days after the fire and injury original. Relatives suggested on examination that death could be a case of spontaneous human combustion, but the coroner, Dr. John Burton, said there was "no such thing" and gave an open verdict.
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Spontaneous human combustion
The Saffin case has been held as an example of spontaneous human combustion by paranormal researchers and authors. Jack Saffin's son-in-law, Don Carroll, who was home at the time of the fire, has stated that Jeannie has a fire coming from his mouth, and makes a roaring sound like a dragon. Both Carroll and Jack Saffin have repeatedly claimed that before Jeannie was lit on fire, there was no source of ignition in the kitchen except the pilot light on the gas stove. Carroll also stated that Jeannie's clothes do not burn and there is no smoke damage in the kitchen. The interpretation of Heymer and Arnold's work has led to the Saffin case as cited as evidence of spontaneous human combustion by researchers and writers who want to make a case of spontaneous human combustion.
An alternative view dismisses evidence pointing towards Saffin as an example of spontaneous human combustion. Proponents of the burning theory have claimed that Saffin "came to be burned in unburned clothing," however, research later recorded by Joe Nickell showed that Saffin's clothing was burned. In a written statement given at the time of Saffin's death, twelve years before the interview by Heymer, Carroll stated that Jeannie's clothes had been badly burned. Also, police reports showed that upon their arrival, the police saw Jeannie's clothes on fire and dumped them after extinguishing the fire.
Fire sources have also been scrutinized by skeptics. Carroll had stated that the flame came from Saffin's mouth; However, medical evidence does not support this conclusion: Saffin's mouth is undamaged, according to hospital records. Medical records also support the conclusion that most Saffin burns are the result of contact with the burning or melting of nylon from his clothing. The pattern of his burning and melting nylon clothing can make it appear that the fire came from within Saffin's body.
Opponents of the spontaneous human combustion theory also have a potential explanation for the source of the fire that triggered Saffin's clothing, causing a fire. Carroll made some statements that the only source of fire in the kitchen was the pilot's lamp for the stove. In one interview he specifically noted that Jack Saffin's pipes are not lit and filled with fresh tobacco. Nickell lays out a plausible explanation, that Jack Saffin removed the used tobacco from his pipe to refill it, and while doing so, the flame of the burning tobacco pipe landed on Jeannie's clothes. Nickell suggests this is even more likely, because in the event of a fire, the kitchen and door windows open, causing a gentle breeze. The pipe's propellers, carried by the wind and then landed in Saffin's flammable nylon clothing, would be highly flammable and cause severe burns found on Saffin's body during autopsy.
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