HEALTH : Burning Boy Puzzles Doctors
An official Chinese newspaper reported that doctors are alarmed at a new medical mystery--a young boy whose body can spontaneously ignite in the most sensitive of places, burning through clothing.
Two weeks ago the grandmother of 4-year-old Tong Tangjiang is said to have seen smoke pouring from his trousers.
A hole one inch square was burned through two layers of clothing, China Youth News said.
“In the two hours from 8 a.m. till 10 a.m., Tang spontaneously ignited four times. His right hand, armpits and private parts were burned,” the newspaper said, quoting doctors as saying the boy’s body had a strong electric current running through it.
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