Restlessly Dead: Cadaveric Spasm

Restlessly Dead: Cadaveric Spasm

Sometimes they shift. Some huff or groan. It’s expected… sort of; over time, studies have revealed that cadavers are more “restlessness” than we thought. Movements follow generally predictable patterns: excitability in the muscles that lasts a few hours after death, bloating and gas expansion, fluid drainage, gravity. A recent Australian body-farm study even observed recently that contraction of drying ligaments could shift cadavers several feet…