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Post by merseystrangler on Oct 20, 2010 18:02:19 GMT 1
Let's say you dug up a body 1, 2, 3 years after it was buried... would it still smell?
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uath
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Post by uath on Oct 20, 2010 18:31:37 GMT 1
Yes, I've done it. The smell is musty and very unpleasant, but not particularly that of putrefaction.
With modern embalming, it's possible that the body would still be totally intact, with very little decomposition.
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HJB
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Post by HJB on Oct 21, 2010 15:15:03 GMT 1
I feel the need to know why you dug it up, but I'm afraid of the answer. The only time I dug up a grave was the day after we buried my grandmother I had the pleasure of digging through her grave with my bare hands during a thunderstorm. It was the creepiest experience of my life. I only did it because my brother has an odd collection of small rocks that came from the burial site of our relatives as mementos and needed one from hers. It's amazing how rock free some of the Georgia clay is! didn't have to get to the 'box' though. Thank God for small favors. I hope he values those little hunks of quarts.
The stink would probably also depend on the make of the casket. If it were cheap wood that rotted through then it would stink less I imagine as the gasses would pass through into the soil. If it were a good seal then the gasses of rot would be trapped inside.
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