I’m certain I’m not the only one who has ever wondered what exactly happens to the human body when you die. It can be a haunting thought, but the sad reality is that each and every one of us will eventually reach that stage — the end of life.
If you are among those curious individuals, look no further because @Zackdfilms on YouTube has all the answers.
According to a simulation posted on his YouTube channel, in the first 24 hours of passing, the blood settles in the parts of the body that are closest to the ground.
Maybe you have noticed that when a deceased person is placed in a coffin lying on its back, there are purple and red patches at their back – a discoloration known as livor mortis. This is because the blood has settled at those part due to gravity.
Weeks after death, most of the deceased person’s internal organs waste away due to breaking down because of bacteria and enzymes.
Before this stage takes place, gas bloats the body.
As explained in the chilling video, “After a few weeks, all of the organs and soft tissue, including your eyes, liquify and your skin starts to fall off.”
What most of those who have seen the simulation found to be the creepiest part of the process is that the eyeballs also turn into liquid and melt away.
According to @Zackdfilms, the full decomposition of the body takes years, after which only the bones remain.
A body in a coffin usually starts decomposing within a year, according to Daniel Wescott, director of the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University, but it may take up to a decade for it to fully “skeletonize.”
Nicholas Passalacqua, an associate professor at the Forensic Osteology Research Station at Western Carolina University, explains that this process likely takes five years in case the body is buried without a coffin, according to Live Science.
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