Skin-crawling discovery: ‘body farm’ scientists find corpses move

  CAIRNS, Australia -- An Australian scientist has proved that human bodies move around significantly for more than a year after death, in findings that could have implications for detectives and pathologists around the world. After studying and photographing the movements of a corpse over 17-months, Alyson Wilson told AFP on Friday that she found humans don't exactly rest in peace. In one case study, arms that began held close to the body ended up flung out to the side. "We think the movements relate to the process of decomposition, as the body mummifies and the ligaments dry out," she said. To carry out her unusual form of people watching, Wilson took the three-hour...

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