Phillip Engen
Except for the dead bodies, the geography is idyllic. There's a timber of shortleaf pines, with boxelder and white ash trees in. There's restored campo land, champaign hardwood, and an area called Palmetto Flat. The overall ecology isn't only inviting but important, as the soil conditions, temperature, downfall and heat all affect how the earthborn bodies scattered across the land disintegrate. The corpora are purposefully placed there to help scientists, medical empirics, and illegitimate investigators. The contributed bodies at the Southeast Texas Applied Forensic Science Facility (STAFS), near Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, answer questions about the biology after death, that time when a earthborn body goes from being the home of a living person to, as experimenters put it, a “ Rich nutrient source” for insects and microbes.