[AnaSofie]

I don't care how messy burial is; does burning flesh look much better ?? Yeah, yeah...cremation is more eco-friendly and cleaner.....but then, I'll be DEAD, so why the he** do I care about that ? Oh, and to boot I am an atheist. So no spiritual affirmations about cremation, either. I'll take a box instead of ashes any day of the week

[gimlet]

Originally Posted by bekkah_24 ↗

I have done about 34 exhumations in the last 6 years, and all of them are unique in their own way. We took up a guy buried in 1973, just a standard steel casket. The casket had about rusted away, but his socks where intact, and he had cobwebs in his eye sockets.

Can you post pics? What job requires you to do exhumations? (moving graves for family, forensic investigation or ?) Maybe you could have your own reality show! Any real nasty stories, like stinky casket juice even flies avoid?

[greatdaze1]

[greatdaze1]

i cant really find any good places to get posts from that aren't already here or been seen before...tough work finding them...any ideas????

[Billthegravedigger]

Originally Posted by gimlet ↗

Can you post pics? What job requires you to do exhumations? (moving graves for family, forensic investigation or ?) Maybe you could have your own reality show! Any real nasty stories, like stinky casket juice even flies avoid?

I would really have to think about posting any pics. I don't think many family members would want their loved one shown in a decomposed state. You know, privacy issues. I can tell you some horrible stories, I know I wont forget them anytime soon. By the way, I am a gravedigger. We have moved bodies for families, done court ordered exhumations for murder trials, ect. We have had to fix other peoples mistakes, the deceased was buried on the wrong side of the plot, or even on the other side of the headstone.

[Billthegravedigger]

This one man was killed in a car wreck. He had some nasty outer trauma, and where there is trauma, that is where the body will start to decompose first. We had to exhume him, there was anger within the family about where he was buried. So, the wife gave permission to move him. Things were going fine at first, some nut did not let the spring loaded locks out when he was buried. Well, the bottom pan dropped out, when that happened, the casket shifted out. Thank GOD the casket was locked and sealed. Like I said, they are air tight, not gas tight !!! The gas had built up, and the gas and smell rushed out and hit us like a damn bus ! He had started to liquify from the injuries he suffered, and we could hear him sloshing around in the casket, kind of like water in a bucket. I can tell you some others if you are interested.

[Warforger]

Uhhh burying people doesn't mean they'll get maggots, its only when they're not sealed properly, otherwise they remain their selves.

[gimlet]

Originally Posted by bekkah_24 ↗

I don't think many family members would want their loved one shown in a decomposed state. You know, privacy issues. .

You never know until you ask! Angry ex-wife might love seeing her ex on Discovering Reality after messy divorce. You could say something like, "you know, your exe's fat head has turned into cadaver soap / adipocere, it would make for a hilarious picture".

[Billthegravedigger]

You may have a good point there ! I will check in to it. We had to adjust a man in an above ground mausoleum. He was decomposing at an unexpected rate, we had to take the casket out, put it in a special plastic wrapper, and then put it back. The smell was unimaginable. Big green horseflys had gathered at the gas vents, it was bad. A person had went to visit another grave, but as you can imagine, they were not able to stay. We received calls at the funeral home not long after.

[slave2mynightmares]