Rotting Grave

The body begins to bloat and bulge as restless blood breaths through the skin, sending the smell of death swimming through the small room. Little creatures, once waiting in the wings, now wriggle their way into an ear or through other soft, now defenseless orifices and chew upon the failing, friendless flesh. The process of returning to the cold earth embraces this now useless piece of what was once a person. The first stage is self digestion, and is where the body eats itself, also known as autolysis. This happens when the cells break down the body into elements the cells can eat; this creates a liquid that gets between the layers of skin and makes the skin peel off. The second stage of decomposition is bloating; bacteria in the gut begin to break down the tissues of the body, releasing gas that accumulates in the intestines, which becomes trapped due to the early collapse of the small intestine. The third stage is putrefaction. It is the last and longest stage. Putrefaction is where the larger structures of the body break down, and tissues liquefy. The digestive organs, the brain, and lungs are the first to disintegrate. This sound uses the following file from Freesound:http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=104761