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To ask those of you who watched mummifiying Alan Billis....

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MrBloomsNursery · 25/10/2011 21:54

You know that part where the "Body Farm" people were showing that "thing" that was being eaten by maggots? Was that a real human being? Or an animal? They showed teeth, and they looked like human teeth....

Only caught parts of the programme, and can't bring myself to watch it on 4OD.

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whomovedmychocolate · 25/10/2011 21:55

It did look like a human.

LaFilleSurLePont · 25/10/2011 21:56

They were real.

LaFilleSurLePont · 25/10/2011 21:56

Real people.

GypsyMoth · 25/10/2011 21:57

I only saw half the programme. I doubt it was a real person with the maggots, where was it?

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MrBloomsNursery · 25/10/2011 21:57

.....So it was a human? Why? Why was there a real human being, being eaten by maggots on TV?.... Shooooot...Where did they get a real corpse and let it be eaten by maggots?

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StetsonsAreCool · 25/10/2011 21:58

That "thing" was a human being. Clue's in the title - he had a name, he was mummified.

Delightfully put though Hmm

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MrBloomsNursery · 25/10/2011 21:59

It looked like it was laying in a forest covered by a blanket type thing ILoveTIFFANY

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squeakyfreakytoy · 25/10/2011 22:00

Some people, who are not religious, are happy to leave their bodies to medical science, or to forensics like the Body Farm. Without these people, we would be much less advanced.

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MrBloomsNursery · 25/10/2011 22:01

stetsons No, the man who was mummified was not the "thing" that was being eaten by maggots. He was mummified...not let to rot.

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LaFilleSurLePont · 25/10/2011 22:01

It was a body farm. An institution where people donate their bodies to allow scientists to study the decomposition to further their understanding of decomposition,usually in relation to forensic anthropology which helps to solve crimes.

toboldlygo · 25/10/2011 22:01

Haven't watched the program yet but am familiar with the Body Farm concept - people donate their bodies to be used in this way (either specifically to the Body Farm or generally to medical science, I forget if there's that distinction).

LaFilleSurLePont · 25/10/2011 22:02

I can't type today.

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MrBloomsNursery · 25/10/2011 22:02

Firstly, I thought the "thing" being eaten by maggots was an elephant, but then they showed teeth...So it was a real human...wow. Got to love Channel 4 documentaries.

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BehindLockNumberNine · 25/10/2011 22:03

Yes, that was a real person. It was at the Body Farm in the USA. It is a research facility where they research decomposition amongst other things. People donate their bodies to the Farm for research purposes.

Meglet · 25/10/2011 22:03

I didn't see all the programme but I'm sure I've watched documentaries on forensics and they do have these places where they leave bodies to decompose. Or maybe I saw it on CSI Confused.

squeakyfreakytoy · 25/10/2011 22:03

It was on CSI, but it is a place that does exist in real life too.

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MrBloomsNursery · 25/10/2011 22:04

Ah!! Thanks LaFille and toboldlygo...that makes alot more sense now. I see, so people donate their body to the "Body Farm" for research.
I thought it was weird how they'd get a body like that out of nowhere.

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Meglet · 25/10/2011 22:05

Just had a look and it's on Wiki. Glad I didn't imagine it!

whomovedmychocolate · 25/10/2011 22:05

It does indeed - see here

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MrBloomsNursery · 25/10/2011 22:05

I always see a programme advertised on BBC1?? Called Body Farm? Is this about the research facility?...Or is it something completely different?

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LaFilleSurLePont · 25/10/2011 22:07

The BBC drama is about a body farm.

GypsyMoth · 25/10/2011 22:09

Ah yes, just l

GypsyMoth · 25/10/2011 22:10

Ah yes, just looked on YouTube...only in America eh!

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MrBloomsNursery · 25/10/2011 22:11

Thanks whomovedmychocolate!! Know alot more about the place now!

Just checked the BBC drama - something slightly different!!

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StetsonsAreCool · 25/10/2011 22:11

Sorry, I take it back. It must have been the bit where DD was crying, by the time I came back downstairs they were talking about him having maggots. My bad.