[HoE] Re: Bodies from the Big One

[Gwydion758@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/12/99 11:50:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
hoe-owner@gamerz.net writes:

<< I was wondering what you thought the bodies from the last war would be 
like.
 Obviously, those exposed to the elements for 13 years, especially those in 
the
 deserts, would be nothing but bleached bones. But what about bodies in
 buildings, in subway systems and even in underground bunkers? Would there be 
any
 stinky, rotting stuff left? It'd obviously be more creepy than fighting
 countless skeletal walking dead.
 Anyway, I was wondering what you thought. >>

While most corpses would probably have lost anything that could rot, some may 
be very well preserved.  Bodies in some dry or sealed conditions could have 
mummified to some extent and some could have been frozen somehow (trapped in 
a freezer?).  However, any zombies which date back to the last war would 
probably still be pretty meaty -- the manitous animating them would want to 
keep as much muscle mass as possible.  They might let the epidermus slowly 
rot to enhance the effect on anyone encountering them.

Jeff