What the...
Perhaps it's all the spicy food they eat? lol
This is the perfect scenario for an episode of Heroes. Loved that show

 

the human torch... great.. now superheros are being born and I am not one of them!

 

I'll wait for further coverage on this case before I believe it.

 

Seems like a fascinating story until..... you find out that the father was just dousing the baby in kerosene and setting it on fire for attention.

 

LOL, yeah sure, sounds like old mate accidentally burnt the family house down and made a story for government sympathy and media attention. hope the child is ok and doesn't get set on fire again

 

Needs watercooling

 

Check out the name and parent type (?) at 1:14. I have highlighted it in yellow lol

 

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Originally Posted by ZTR1760

Seems like a fascinating story until..... you find out that the father was just dousing the baby in kerosene and setting it on fire for attention.

This was about the first thing to come to mind for me as well. Hell even if its true that there is combustible gases coming off the baby there still needs to be an ignition source. Hair spray is very flammable and you don't see it catching fire on its own.

 

Uhhh.... Okay. I doubt that's real. Hope the poor thing is okay.

 

I am Indian and I would like to warn you that the majority of stories on Indian news channels are simply there to create a sensation. They hardly ever verify what's really going on. All they care about is having a headline that will attract attention and drive up viewership. This will be proven to be wrong just like hundreds of other similar stories have.
I would not put it beyond the news channel to have actually thought up the whole story, and paid the parents of the child to play along.

 

^^^ This. Just because something is reported by the news, doesn't make it news or even real for that matter....

 

Call in Randy.

 

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Originally Posted by boringboy

I am Indian and I would like to warn you that the majority of stories on Indian news channels are simply there to create a sensation. They hardly ever verify what's really going on. All they care about is having a headline that will attract attention and drive up viewership. This will be proven to be wrong just like hundreds of other similar stories have.
I would not put it beyond the news channel to have actually thought up the whole story, and paid the parents of the child to play along.

Really, it is that bad over there with things like this? I never would have thought so. Well if this is the case then I suppose it should just be moved to the rumors/unconfirmed section then huh?

 

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Originally Posted by XiCynx

Really, it is that bad over there with things like this? I never would have thought so.

Fortunately this never happens in Western networks. Right?

 

l am confident that this is fake, l have not seen such medical cases yet.

 

And that's why you never play with your kids when they are plugged in and charging.....................................

 

I find this hard to believe.

 

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Originally Posted by XiCynx

Really, it is that bad over there with things like this? I never would have thought so. Well if this is the case then I suppose it should just be moved to the rumors/unconfirmed section then huh?

Oh yes.

I remember about 5 years ago there was another "sensational" story about a man who could create a combustible by boiling some leaves in a pan. After a week or two of news coverage and rumours of million-rupee offers to buy his technique it was revealed that his pan had a false bottom filled with kerosene which would leak out and float on top of the water.

The last thing these news channels care about is news. They are in the game to make money, by any means. That said, there are a few channels that are not so bad.

 

I really hope this is fake as you say.

Before I read the comments I was already thinking what could possibly be combustible about human sweat...

 

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Originally Posted by Aparition

I really hope this is fake as you say.

Before I read the comments I was already thinking what could possibly be combustible about human sweat...

Besides the sodium and the water?

 

Only in India! Really! This is where I hear about all the rare disorders. I'm extremely sad for the baby... I hope that baby isn't being exploited for $

 

Well that's quick.
Case already in wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion

 

So is this like that Indian guy who apparently didn't sleep for over a month? ... or was it not eat for over a month?

 

I can't believe that people think this is real.

 

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Originally Posted by SkillzKillz

So is this like that Indian guy who apparently didn't sleep for over a month? ... or was it not eat for over a month?

A waitress at my old job once told us she only "goes #2" once a month. Told her she was full of it.