Texas State University’s plan to build the nation’s largest “body farm” of cadavers is on hold over concerns that buzzards could endanger nearby planes. The university’s scrapped its proposed site and began scouting a new location for what would be only the third body farm in the nation. The farms are used by scientists who bury cadavers to study human decomposition to help police better determine time and manner of death at crime scenes.
Texas State had hoped to begin burying bodies later this year on a 17-acre site on Texas Highway 21 near the San Marcos Municipal Airport.
I've never thought about this before. I'm a donor on my drivers license and have been wanting to remove it for quite some time, after finding out a deceased friend's body was up in Jacksonville, FL being kept "alive" until they could remove all possible needed "parts" before expiring and cremating him - I'm talking 3 or more weeks! I know I know, he didn't know what was going on, he was long brain dead, but still... Maybe I watch too many movies. What if someone who type-matched him had enough money to climb up the list and get what ever they needed. Gross. But money talks these days and ethics don't from what I'm aware of, and enough money may have someone falsely pronounced brain-dead.
At first I thought this was a humorous bit of news, made me think of having the family hide my body when I'm gone!!! For those of you who embrace having your body taken out for the birds, bees, coyote's and buzzards, this San Marcos is your place! But as for me?? Remember ... raft, lit on fire ... out to sea. Thank you!
Me for a burlap bag, straight into a hole in the ground in the woods. Invite those pretty carrion beetles.
ReplyDeleteParty hearty!
I was all for being put into a wood chipper, but I suppose it's asking a lot of a friend, considering the mess. Carrion beetles works for me, too, and then my skeleton can go to an art school.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be just as useful to have a next-of-kin or some such designation on a driver's license. That person could make whatever decision or see to it that your wishes are carried out, and that takes it out of the hands of the greed merchants.