The idea of a dead body moving may bring visions of zombies to mind, but according to a new study, it’s very much a reality.
Researchers at the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research (AFTER) have discovered that dead bodies move ‘significantly’ as they decompose.
The research facility, which is just outside of Sydney, is often described as a ‘human body farm’.
It features decomposed human skeletons strewn across acres of sprawling land, and is ‘not for the squeamish.’
In the study, the researchers set up time-lapse cameras to study how dead bodies move.
The cameras filmed the bodies at 30 minute intervals, and revealed that the the arms were ‘significantly moving.’
Speaking to ABC News , Alyson Wilson, a researcher involved in the project, said: “What we found was that the arms were significantly moving, so that arms that started off down beside the body ended up out to the side of the body.”
While you might think that the movements would be subtle, according to the researchers, this isn’t the case at all.
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