George I. Mott

George I. Mott (November 20, 1966 – March 1986) was a firefighter who burned to death in his home outside Crown Point, New York, in 1986. He is often cited as an example of spontaneous human combustion. His body was consumed along with the mattress he was lying on, save for a leg, an implausibly shrunken skull, and piece of rib cage.

Fire investigators suggested that the death was either caused by an electrical arc that shot out of an outlet and set fire to Mott, or a gas leak. Some believe his alcoholism and heavy smoking could have contributed to it; he was not wearing his oxygen mask, and matches were found near the scene, unignited.

References

Nickell, Joe (2001). "Real-Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal". ISBN 0-8131-2210-4.