Just a Quick Question

[imported_Kelsea Burnside]

Frank - Yeah, I know, that's why I want to go check it out for myself, so I can ask questions and learn the details. I just felt awkward calling up the coroner's office and going "Hey, can I touch a dead body?" I might have to do just that though.

[leslee]

So do it. You probably aren't the first person to ask.

[Jena Grace]

Be sure you dress professionally and carry ID and by all means don't go down there with liquor on your breath.

[imported_Allott Bradshaw]

As a firefighter for almost 20 years I have seen dead bodies. No two are the same and the ones worth writing about are always the extreme and not likely to be shared with a visitor to the coroners office. I studied fine art in university and took an anatomy course where we went to visit the medical students cadavers, no one touched or were invited to touch a body. One student had to leave, be prepared mentally, I can't imagine how.
I am labouring over an extreme example in my work that I will probably never be able to share as I would like to. Very difficult subject matter.
Good luck.

[Lea Zalas]

Kelsea, I've been unfortunate enough to have attended many funerals. Dead bodies are cold. When you touch them there isn't any "give" to dead flesh like there is in living bodies - for me it feels similar to the firmness of still-maleable terra cotta clay.

But if you're wanting to know how a many-days-dead-and-unprepared body would feel, that I don't have the answer to.