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Decomposing Extremities
By Gabriel Garza
Production Coordinator
Explorer: Mystery of the Disembodied Feet
Premieres Tuesday October 27 10P et/pt
Although the nearly three-acre plot of land is somewhat inconspicuous to outsiders, what's inside has been immortalized for years in countless books and documentaries. We were lucky enough to get two days to film inside the outdoor Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee, also know as the "Body Farm." Approximately 100 deceased human bodies are donated here per year so that forensic students can study decomposition under varying conditions.
I had been to Knoxville, Tennessee, where the Forensic Anthropology Center is located, several times before. Each time I had been there, the weather was hot and humid. I could only imagine how that would mix with the smell of decomposing human corpses. Lucky for us on our first day of shooting it was cool and breezy. Classes had just ended for the semester so we had the entire farm to ourselves.
Upon entering I quickly noticed the bodies all over the place, each one covered with a black tarp. We were warned to stay on the gravel walkway since it had just rained and the mud that had mixed in with liquefied human remains was not something we'd want to slip on. We were given shoe covers to wear while stepping around bodies.
Production Coordinator
Explorer: Mystery of the Disembodied Feet
Premieres Tuesday October 27 10P et/pt
Although the nearly three-acre plot of land is somewhat inconspicuous to outsiders, what's inside has been immortalized for years in countless books and documentaries. We were lucky enough to get two days to film inside the outdoor Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee, also know as the "Body Farm." Approximately 100 deceased human bodies are donated here per year so that forensic students can study decomposition under varying conditions.
I had been to Knoxville, Tennessee, where the Forensic Anthropology Center is located, several times before. Each time I had been there, the weather was hot and humid. I could only imagine how that would mix with the smell of decomposing human corpses. Lucky for us on our first day of shooting it was cool and breezy. Classes had just ended for the semester so we had the entire farm to ourselves.
Upon entering I quickly noticed the bodies all over the place, each one covered with a black tarp. We were warned to stay on the gravel walkway since it had just rained and the mud that had mixed in with liquefied human remains was not something we'd want to slip on. We were given shoe covers to wear while stepping around bodies.
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