Gone Feral In Idaho

Photo Source I wish I could use my own photos, but that would be wrong. This is a pretty good substitute. That is the question so many people ask me. I asked it the first time I came across a decomp (decomposing body). The odor, the flies, the mail and newspapers piling up. There are so many indicators to neighbors that something might be amiss. I regularly joke when we come upon a house on a dog walk with an overgrown lawn and 10 newspapers on the stoop. "Must be a dead body in there" is what I say as we walk by. Sometimes neighbors eventually call the super if it smells bad, but many times they wait for it to get so bad I have to wear a respirator to enter the place. Why do people not notice? I think it is because subconsciously, they'd rather put the idea of the whole death thing off as long as possible.  Here is a 2008 blog post about a problem in the rental business. One of these days I should write my own stories and publish a book.

Click the photo for a pretty extensive overview of the postmortem decomposition process.  Yes there are gross pictures, so be warned.  From emedicine.com  In the business, we call these cases, decomps.  The photo above would be called skeletal though.  

Anyone interested in what happens after you die?  I see it all the time.  It is gross, but it is a part of being human even if you get embalmed.  I've learned that the aversion to dead bodies and decomposition are due to fear of the unknown.  Once you learn there is nothing to fear, the badly decomposed are no different from your kid pooping, your cat with a fur-ball, or my fave, the dog licking her butt.  -We have a 5 min rule, the dog licks her butt, 5 min until she gets to kiss us-  It is gross, but something you have to deal with.  If there is any interest in this subject I can post more. Seriously, for all the haunters out there-what are you emulating?  Why not deal with the reality.  It is a natural process.  Bwaa Haaa!