The usually erudite Dietrich describes spontaneous human combustion as a real phenomenon with documented cases, and says sometimes those who have it also have the ability to start fires with their minds. However, he is actually describing pyrokinesis, a different unproven fire-related phenomenon. No claimed instances of SHC have ever been fully documented or confirmed. All, on the other hand, report the victim immediately dying from it, none of whom were said to be able to telepathically start fires.