Had a couple of family members who were firefighters. One of them told us they went on several calls where someone hadn't seen their elderly neighbor for a few days... Or the postman noticed the mail piling up... He said as soon as you broke the door open, you knew.

His first step after death was verified was to go in the kitchen and find an aluminum pie pan and put sugar in it and set it on the stove and turn the burner on... He said burning sugar masked the smell enough to make it tolerable to stay in the house.

That always stuck in my head... Hopefully I never have to use that info.

Mike

Chris

Found a dead guy checking coyote traps with my brother. He shot himself with a shotgun right where we parked everyday. I hit my brakes so hard when I saw him my jimmy locked up and I almost ran his body over. We called 911 and I checked the traps later that day. Had to see the blood spot until I pulled my traps. Was the first coyote trapping I ever did and I caught 2 there. We saw him driving by several mornings coming from work I believe. Life is never that bad. My mom worked with his sister at the time. I think he knew we would find him. Nor that he was thinking about that.

It's called Paradoxical Undressing. Often seen in lethal hypothermia.