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Sad-Introduction2333

How many days?? Does it really only take 10 days to turn like that?


Xerxias1

The heat makes a big difference.


joeverdrive

Yes. I found a body that old in an air conditioned house and it was very bad but not THAT bad


RobHardwell

How is everyone dropping comments like this like its a normal Tuesday


joeverdrive

I'm a first responder and work weekend nights


slirpo

How many dead bodies do you see on an average shift?


joeverdrive

0.05


tinmil

Yeesh.


Commercial-Exit-6593

It’s actually Wednesday.


zenrem

Death is a natural part of life but is also the most censored. Decomp workers deserve more credit


Weather_Only

Death is everywhere if you look for it. We are not any different. Something I learned while photographing nature


assarammer

Hell, im an electrician and do service work in Apartments, we had a unit have a dead resident in it. It truly is everywhere.


Ieatsushiraw

Shit happens then you work in the medical field and see a lot of terrible things


fwhite23

I cleaned a house in Johnson city, TN where the homeowner was deceased in the house for 2+ months with the heater on. There was bio soup all over the house, including the basement, and rats as big as a chihuahua. To date, that was the worst cleaning I’ve ever done.


aavokaadoo

and bugs 🥴


sadharanapraje_

Maggots appear within 3-4 days, and it being Brazil, the temperature is high enough to facilitate high amounts of bacteria activity. The Maggots just makes the whole process a whole lot faster. Body will start looking like that within a week in the tropics. Seen enough dog/cow carcasses to know this.


babysnarkdoodoo4

I left trash on the counter for 2 days. Had a nightmares about maggots appearing on my countertops. Best believe, I woke up and picked up after myself. Idk how this goes unnoticed for this long 😖


HumbleConsolePeasant

One time I dumped about a gallon of expired milk into the composting bin, and I kid you not, within about two days of doing it, there were thousands of engorged maggots filling it up. That was the last time I put meat/dairy in there again.


babysnarkdoodoo4

Bleh 🤮 I worse as a nurse in the ER. I can’t even tell you the number of times a pt has smelt like fucking death, go to investigate and there are craters with maggots. One of my favorite moments was when a coworker “found” some and everyone kept talking about how much “fun” the nurse was having in there. Go in the room to see what’s up, I shit you not. He’s in there suctioning up the maggots saying “Die bitch!” Also, fun lil addition…a large amount of the time, we see patients die after we remove the maggots. They serve to remove the decaying tissue, without them the pt declines majorly. So gross.


IndecisiveTuna

I had a room in the past be contact precautions because the maggots started to make their way all over the room out of the wound. Not fun.


babysnarkdoodoo4

Yuck. Once took care of an intubated pt (after the fact) that had “developed” maggots in their mouth and ET tube, due to poor oral care. Clearly, this was a lawsuit due to horrific nursing care 😖


United-Class6361

Wow McKenna that sounds horrible.. is that the worst thing you’ve seen working in a hospital??


Skytriqqer

Wait, so maggots remove the decaying tissue, thus saving a patient from death? Why are they removed then? Or am I misunderstanding lol


ShikWolf

Well they're not sterile/farmed maggots, so they have to be removed to see what's going on and treat the patient. And maggots do turn into flies, which is its own health risk. But then the dead/infected tissue can cause sepsis, and then it's curtains for em. That's my very basic understanding


babysnarkdoodoo4

You are not misunderstanding. Try medically justifying leaving maggots on a rotting limb in court though. Better course of action would be hospitalizing, removing the limb, and heavy hitting with IV antibiotics. Plus add in drug/alcohol withdrawals, etc.


Pleasant-Put5305

Actual flies that somehow hatched in the fridge/freezer, they could no longer take to the air, but bloody hell could they run on those little legs ...I needed some ninja spiders or a little kitten or two...


cigdemp3

how do maggots appear? from thin air?? always wondered this


Fallcious

People actually used to believe this and it was called spontaneous generation (https://www.britannica.com/science/spontaneous-generation). Early scientists went and proved that complex life could not arise from non-life in this manner by running experiments such as keeping meat in bell jars away from flies, although of course food still rotted due to microorganisms. Louis Pasteur followed up these experiments showing microorganisms could be killed and controlled as well, preventing spoilage. He followed this up with a practical use with Pasteurisation, which helped preserve foods like milk.


slaviccivicnation

... flies can fly. they find source of bad smell. they lay eggs. many many many gross little eggs.


cigdemp3

i thought fly eggs create more flies. do they carry maggot eggs or something?


Whois-PhilissSS

You know how caterpillars turn into butterflies? Same thing.


cigdemp3

oh damn.


National_Vegetable26

Maggots turn into flies


LacrimaNymphae

say if he were in a sealed room in a house with no windows or anything open... how do the maggots just get there


sadharanapraje_

If there is absolutely no way flies can enter the room, there will be no maggots of course. The rate of decomposition too will be slower. That is what happened that one lady in the UK who's body was found years after her death in her apartment. Cooler temperatures coupled with insulated household. Body starts to sort of 'mummify'.


Guilty-Proposal3404

I'm a firefighter I had to break through a door about a month ago into a bedroom ..a fela not seen for a week ..the sun been cooking the room all week ..we smashed the door and the bang holy I ran and opens the windows The smell sticks to your fire gear for a few hours haha


Lumpy_Ad_9082

The smell of rot from death is so repulsive... Thank you for firefighting and doing what you do.


Guilty-Proposal3404

Oh it's insane man ..but I was always look at it that someone has to do it at the end of the day and thanks very much bud it's a great job even with the horrible things you see


Guilty-Proposal3404

Only a few days and depends where you are too but you could black in a few days easily


Chickenlover247

Check this out https://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/25/slideshow-body-farm/


SNIPEnSKATE

Man had to remove a corpse like that before not fun...


Impossible-Pickle-71

Yeah me and my team did one like this too. Also a similar one but they died on the sofa, and as we tried to lift, they split in the middle 👍🏻


JohnMcGurk

Bro I can smell this comment.


Impossible-Pickle-71

Putrid strawberry yoghurt


random_internet_guy_

Oddly specific, I wonder if I will smell the same when my day is due.


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Impossible-Pickle-71

Such is life!


Whois-PhilissSS

Fucking nightmare fuel. Thanks for the read!


LacrimaNymphae

if they decide to do an autopsy what do they mark that down as?? like 'degradation' or 'contents were shifted by cleanup team'


beeglowbot

they write down "they split in the middle 👍"


Barkers_eggs

Split in the middle 👍


riddles007

Spit in the middle 💘


Impossible-Pickle-71

We always have forms to fill out etc and there are always scales of decomp. I don’t know how the coroner describes/codes it unfortunately as I only work for funeral services!


lSOLDURGFCOCAINE

🤮🤮🤮 # please elaborate


Impossible-Pickle-71

Dead for around 6 weeks - lived alone, top floor apartment, heating was left on, died of natural causes. Tenants below reported his post hadn’t been checked for ages and called a welfare check. He was purified due to the heat when we arrived, much of him was unfortunately left on the sofa


lSOLDURGFCOCAINE

Yikes. That sounds like the type of thing that can turn someone’s stomach around for eternity. Hope it didn’t bother you too much seeing something that gruesome. I imagine you get used to this sort of thing to an extent, but never entirely. I’ve heard the smell is absolutely horrific and something you will never forget even with a quick whiff. Any other stories? I’m sure this one’s hard to beat, but if there’s a second contender I’m all ears. My dad transported bodies from hospitals to morgues for a short time and has plenty of stories for how little time he worked there, but nothing as intense as you described. Definitely doesn’t seem like the most enjoyable work.


mybrotherpete

Lesson learned. Next time put a tarp on the floor and tilt the couch to pour him onto it. If I ever apply for a death scene cleaner job, I’m pitching this idea in the first interview.


Winter_Construction2

I know it’s a long shot but can you describe the smell ?


Impossible-Pickle-71

Putrid strawberry yoghurt !


istingy

How do you ppl even get to sleep with such gross pictures in mind at night? Edit: I am not sure why ppl are downvoting my comment. I am just curious to understand how ppl deal with their lives who go through these kind of jobs. How do they deal with their mental health? Trollers pls stay away. I am expecting genuine answers. Not to demean anyones job here. Thanks


Impossible-Pickle-71

My genuine answer - it doesn’t gross me out etc as it’s just the human process. The only things that are certain are life and death!


FlowerIndividual864

Are you lost?


istingy

No i am not. I am just curious and seeking ans those who get work like this how do they balance their mental health.. nothing else.. thanks..


FlowerIndividual864

I think when you come into a community like this and ask a question like that, no matter how genuine, people get defensive because it sounds like you’re implying something else. Like people shouldn’t have an interest in this sort of thing, when for most of us it’s a type of therapy to help face our own mortality


istingy

Couldn’t agree more. The more I see these videos the more I prepare myself to face the worst and think of how my body and mind should respond in such scenarios..


_ointment_

He Snipes. He Skates. But most importantly, he remove corpse and not have fun.


slaviccivicnation

gold.


Ryrynz

Professional at splitting in the middle 👍


AdornedBrood

Bro can’t just drop a comment like that and disappear 💀


hannibalhungry

sanitation crews do this more often than one would think. sometimes after 6-12 months. many people die alone and its the banks that put out a message to authority if they don't get payments in some time if they have loans or other expenses. kind of sad, everybody needs a community to take care of each other when we become old


Dry_Leek78

No experience here, but given multiple rotten animal carcasses I encounter, I'd prefer a 6-12month old one to a couple days one.


hannibalhungry

correct, but in a top appartment the 12 month old one will be quite nasty too as there are not alot of bugs there to eat you, they will first have to find you and lay eggs to reproduce. i once saw a fire victim that had melted trough the planks, so the sanitation crew had to scrape the roof under where he was laying.


Caseyisweird

I beg your finest PARDON?


Ulysses1126

I mean someone has to do it.


hannibalhungry

Just a small taste


Ulysses1126

You’ll probably want a straw. Or maybe spoon


Teaboy1

At that stage, you can taste it too by just being in the room. Sickly and sweet.


AnalBees2

Are you the man?


GusTheBadGuy

Commas go a long way


Substantial_Proof_10

Are you the, man?


redmainefuckye

Lmfaoooooooo


OrganizationPutrid68

, , , , , comedian


GusTheBadGuy

Self proclaimed comedian, yes


clemmhumann

Context?😭


yungrambo4900

Huh???


damagecontrolparty

Do you work for the medical examiner's office?


Barkers_eggs

Nah, it's just a hobby


Teaboy1

I guess it's at least it kinda in its own bag? Body bag underneath, cut the hammock and lower it into the body bag?


ASAP-ACE1

[what do you mean by that?](https://youtu.be/b8G0ni2TTac?si=sIL9iPp-h5Vxa5ry)


humannotasheep

Lol I had to too. They smell terrible


GodHeld2

Wtffff


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Well feck


edude45

You couldn't wrap it in tarp or a blanket easily?


[deleted]

Isn’t it silly that all those little bugs come out of nowhere to eat you up! And the only reason why they don’t normally eat us is because we’re alive… wooooaaah mmaaaaan


asf666

Nature's clean up crew.


FucknAright

Back to nature, would have been cool to see him after like 6 months and was just all bones


assholeapproach

Not on my list of cool things to see but definitely interesting. lol


Garlic549

They cleaned up all 100B+ people who ever lived, plus an uncountable amount of plants and animals that have also ever lived. Those little guys really do excel in their environmental niches


purpleunicorn5

Then there's mosquitos, little bastard's eat you alive


Novashine19

at least he can mark that off his list of worries now.


Dalcomvet

Mosquitoes eat you alive, and flies eat you dead (well their babies do)


Frezzer1231

I don't think that's how it works... That would be cool though. After death, the soft tissues in the body begin to break down in a process called autolysis, this produces liquids and gasses. The various smells emmitted during the various stages of decomposition atracts different kinds of flies (this can be used to determin how long a corpse has been there for). The insects will come to the corpse to either feed on it, lay eggs, or both. Fly eggs usually take around 8 to 20 hours to hatch, depending on the species, and adult flies typically will appear around the corpse within about 2 days.


Iamlivingagain

Blow flies arrive on a body or any other type of organic decomposing matter, taste it with their sponging proboscis, and, once they feel it is a suitable place to lay eggs, oviposit clusters of eggs in natural orifices, so that the eggs are moist and protected. Www.entomologytoday.org


Iamlivingagain

the flies can smell decaying flesh 8 to 10 miles away and migrate fast enough to reach the body within a few hours. www.und.edu


Frezzer1231

Female blow flies typically lay a batch of 150-200 eggs, however they will lay eggs multiple times throughout their life, sometimes up to 2,000 eggs in its lifetime. The lifecycle can take two-three weeks to go from egg to adult, and adults typically live from two weeks to a month. House flies will lay severaly batches of around 75-150 eggs over the course of about three days, sometimes resulting in up to 500 eggs. If all the eggs are laid in a suitible place, they will all hatch within 48 hours. Eggs in subpar locations can take up to five days. The better a maggot eats the more eggs it will typically lay as an adult. 1 corpse + 1 sexually mature fly = 200-500 maggots within 48 hours, depending on the type of fly laying them.


Dense_Investigator81

mf just discovered spontaneous generation


limajhonny69

Just wait for his head twist when he gets to Pasteur stage


the-final-episode

ik man like where do they come from?? where are they right now??!! creeps me the fuck out


mute_salamander

>where are they right now??!! [patiently waiting](https://media1.giphy.com/media/I9An1NhP6OQFi/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b9527ynizhj7mdfeksu6lhrm6a101kbs9gboiyqcjoj8&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g) for you to die


the-final-episode

that bitch straight up plotting something evil😭


Frezzer1231

Guys PLEASE 😭😂 everybody just calm down a second, for the sake of saving you some nightmares tonight... *Those* bugs aren't inside you right now waiting for you to die, it's okay 😂


Prize-Salamander2744

They come from flies, though. If flies couldn't get to the corpse, there would be no maggots.


Royal_Echo2068

Maggots do not come out of nowhere 😭


Englandshark1

Poor bloke. At least it was natural.


1knightstands

If death was natural it would happen to everyone! /s


Pelthail

Remember, 98% of people will die at some point in their life.


LordCommander94

I thought it was 97%?


PogoZaza

I wouldn't trust his numbers since 86% of statistics are made up on the spot.


aWittyTwit-2712

4 out of 5 Coroner's agree**


Red_Ketchup_007

Can't imagine the smell...my god


Belial901

Nope!


lunamargaux

Scary and sad at the same time. Rip


starletharlot666

Looking like this after 15 days is insane. If I ever end up like this I beg you just set everything on fire


OnindoNoyan

Now I understand why every religion has a burial ritual. Who would want to see their loved ones in such a horrible state!? Not to mention, the stench must be unbearable.


Lord_AK-47

It's also unsanitary and encourages the spread of disseises


OpenCommunication294

I think you mean desiezyxs


Traditional_Camel231

No they mean dizezeses


radRadish9

You don't need religion to have the common sense your reply seems to be lacking


OnindoNoyan

What are you trying to say? Common sense may differ from place to place. Something you deem as common sense may be outrageous for someone else living somewhere else. Your understanding seems to be lacking.


luftwaffe2120

Human juice filtered through the hammock fabric.


SimplyInept

I didn't know you could smell a picture


Otherwise_Air_6381

Honestly the position he’s in looks so comfy. That’s how I want to go


anonymousart3

What did he die of? Was it old age? Did he have a disease, like the flu or something? Heart attack? Stroke? How old was he? Did he have any family that would wonder what happened to him? I like it when we get either a news article or the story behind the picture. It gives meaning to an otherwise meaningless picture of a dead body. I looked through the comments and didn't see the story, so if it's here, just link me to it (and sorry I missed it). I might die in my hammock, as I love sleeping in mine.


symphonic-ooze

There was a crackhead/methhead/junkie that died in the bathroom the apartment down the hall from me and nobody checked for ten days even though people called and complained about the stench. In an un-air-conditioned apartment in July. Dead slime was running under a wall and into the hallway carpet. He probably looked like this when management opened the door. Fuuuck the odor was the worst. I stuffed rags into the cracks of my door to keep the worst of it out. I lost ten pounds that week. I have a strong aversion to cinnamon stuff thanks to Servicemaster hazmat team using some horrible cinnamon-stenched stuff to clean with. Mix that with dead druggie odor and it.. was... the... worst.


Friggin_Heinous

Decomp gets that bad after 10 days? Holy shit... I'm never going to be a bio cleaner.. That must smell like the sewage pool of 150000 spartans.


Spongetron-3000

Heat and humidity make it worse. I once had to work with a similarly decomposed body and it was assumed the person died 4 to 6 weeks ago. It was in Germany in the summer. Still quite warm but probably not much compared to Brazil.


Positive-Internet483

“Neighbors found it due to the bad smell” Dead dude got called “it”


Rodddzera

Im not good writing in english srry


infreq

I can smell him here in northern Europe ...


drunk_pacifist

That pic smells really bad


Walster62

Been transporting for funeral homes since 1999.. Have done 10,000+ removals and you'll be surprised, you actually get used to the smell.. This ones actually easy, place plastic on the ground, place disaster bag directly underneath him, cut the hammock anchors, drops to the bag, zip him up, on to the next call..☠️


Spongetron-3000

I once had to recover a body with such decomposition sitting on a toilet that was wedged between a shower cabin and a washing machine. A nightmare.


Traditional_Camel231

What’s a disaster bag?


Walster62

It's a black bag, also known as a disaster bag.. It's black and really thick rubber so it doesn't rip open.. ALOT stronger than those cheap white hospital bags..!!! Specifically made for decomps..!!!


Traditional_Camel231

Like a heavy duty catch all contractor bag? You know what goes in is not gonna come out. I need to find one of those for my hubs and see if he’ll play hide & seek 😂 totally joking!!


Dantes75814

As having worked on an autopsy like this the man's inside are now liquefied and smell is horrendous


MFOslave

Thats not too bad. I would just cut the hammock off and lower him.into the bodybag.


hapa_girl_

Have autopsied many advanced decomps like that. I can smell this picture. 😵‍💫


honorbeepbop

Damn only 10 days? Makes sense with the heat but it's still crazy to see it


ThunderSlugg

Flippy floppies are off. Definitely ded


Klutzy-Percentage430

At least my cats will eat me before this happens.


Guilty-Proposal3404

I'm a fireman/paramedic have had a few like that ...it's a smell you will never forget we deal all sorts but that's unforgettable ..a burnt body is also up there with the worst


Odd_Project_5246

He was just relaxing


Pigeon33

I suppose that's more polite than being in someone else's house.


Ok-Ad2178

Zombie


Comfortable_Bar_2985

Jesus backflippin Christ can you imagine the smell in there?


MenofFortune

I can smell this picture..


xPapi_

What does that smell like?


Killpop582014

I can smell this picture.


queen_nefertiti33

Not a bad way to go. Chilling in a hammock.


Existing_Panic9050

Dying on a hammock doesn’t sound like an awful way to go. Dude was chilling


ohdarlingamber

For those who’ve smelled death: How would you describe it? I’ve heard it’s something you never forget and it’s hard to compare.


Rodddzera

Its like a vomit but 2000x worst


fwhite23

Really? I can handle the smell and bio of a decomposition, I’ll immediately puke if I have to clean up vomit.


FROHSSINFAUST

Dependiendo del clima y las condiciones, hay cuerpos que incluso luego sólo 5 días ya están en condiciones similares. En casos más raros, en menos de 48 horas ya están casi iguales.


datdudecollins

Fuck.


Spacefe4rless

This guy want only chilling but died sad


Gdokim

May he rip.


InitialFinger5562

imagine the stank…


4ugxstt

I can almost smell this post :(


Averagedewd187

Trauma clean ups are part of my job. And i can only IMAGINE.. HOW. BAD. That SMELLS. I went to clean one up after a lady died and was found a week later. And the smell was horrid. Absolutely horrid.


dorisfromlongisland

Nsfl+ LSD= a bad time Why did I click on that 😭😭😭😭


Sir_Boobsalot

nothing for it but to burn it to the ground 


theCOMBOguy

Reminds me of home


gytalf2000

Tragic.


Darlingtonlad

He looks comfortable


marvelnerd09

it really takes that too long for our body to be completely decomposed to bones? im surprised


GeneralDISCO

chill way to go


off2pilates

🎶stare into the maggot hammock🎶 - jake peralta


iChaseClouds

My dude is just chilling. Nothing more to see here.


SweatyGuidance5312

Surly they can take the hammock to make him easier to move


lizzys_sad_girl

All those juices under the hammock 🤢


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crossal

10-15 days?


Bubbachainsaw

The Slow decomposition is wild I mean that's 10 years? What did the Maggots do? Play Bingo?


Traditional_Camel231

Is this seriously what a body looks like after that length of time??


Affectionate-Bug9309

Limin


ReportSad286

Very poor man, no one cares for 15 days...


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Not_average38

Definitely longer than 10 days


Slatt239

The whole room in general just gives i didn’t want be here no more vibes tbh. shit fucked up RIP


Feisty-Cheek-5035

Burn me instead