Digging Up a Grave from 1996 to Prepare it for the Next Person

[@heartbrokenamerican2195]

You know you’re bored when u watch a video of someone digging a hole

[@josephyeo6966]

Most KZbin trawlers are bored men.

[@carolevans5285]

😂😂😂😂❤

[@whatsfunny9571]

Not just a hole 🕳️ a grave 🪦 yikes 😬

[@_crazygirly]

@@heartbrokenamerican2195 yea

[@modestmouse2889]

maybe were dead too watching ourselves were we ever alive at all

[@gregorykrug8034]

I find decomposition to be fascinating. As you know, some corpses are nothing but bones in just a few weeks. Depending on conditions, other corpses look unchanged after decades.

[@henrikpersson4698]

Americans typically embalm their dead and use very expensive caskets so in the US, you'll sometimes see exhumations take place where the body is still fairly intact after decades under ground.

[@MrJest2]

@@henrikpersson4698 There is a movement towards "natural burials" these days, where the body is left to decompose naturally, without embalming or extensive sealing away. "Dust to dust", etc. While I personally want to be cremated, I figure letting nature take it's course is a good alternative. Feed the trees!!

[@kimnoble9434]

I’ve always wondered, “why are we trying to preserve a body? Nobody will see them after burial. Eventually they must decompose. So, the only logical reason is that it makes the living feel better. We need to change how we see death and dying. With our environmental emergency, we need to seriously look at natural burials. We need to preserve the earth for the living.

[@gregorykrug8034]

@@kimnoble9434 On a tangent, I saw a video about how coffins/caskets in mausoleums are sometimes propped open a crack to let the air hit the bodies. That way, the bodies can decompose at a decent rate instead of building up pressure, and having that pressure either pop off the marble piece that seals the body or ooze out of the crypts if they do not decompose naturally. So, in other words, from what I understand, most of the remains in mausoleums are not much more than bones.

[@kirkf4crewdawg604]

@@kimnoble9434 Embalming gives the family a chance to have a viewing/funeral without the body decomposing so soon.

[@rockinrobin7105]

My hands would have so many blisters from digging

[@janbellflower6361]

Another Great video. THANKS

[@jonjon9047]

If it’s not weird enough to open a grave this guy takes a lie down on top of the corpse!

[@shelbysnow7968]

That's a lot of hard work

[@Jackcrow955]

When I go, I'm getting fired and baked...

[@michaelm5601]

Martin, Sir you are a Gentleman with a good respect for the dead. Not every man has your integrity. May God richly bless you. And where is your Jug of water?

[@freemandavis4796]

So Much For R.I.P.

[@marccanales2630]

I am trying to understand what that was for. The title implies someone's grave is going to be recycled on top of an older grave? How is that legal, moral, ethical, and even allowed? I own countless graves and I don't agree nor would I give permission to do this. This is America!

[@nicolethibodeau4221]

He is in Poland they have different ways of doing things

[@robertabray-enhus3198]

Why aren’t they buried in a real casket and concrete or metal grave liner like they do in other countries,and the US,where I am. Here you are buried 6 foot deep,inside either a concrete or metal grave liner. Then your casket goes inside,heavy top put on and buried. Main reason for that is they like the cemetery grounds to be flat so the groundskeepers can mow. It’s all about esthetics. We also buy our burial plots. You buy it,you own it,you’re buried in it forever.No one is dug up for non payment. That’s just not done here.

[@David49305]

Just because we do it in America doesn't make the standard. I could flip the question and ask why we don't do it the way Europe does. In reality, death isn't as much of a "business" as it is in the US. Also, European countries are old and have a limited amount of land. There is no practical purpose to what we do in America. That's a lot of money spent to keep the lawn flat. Also, because land is limited in Europe, it is very expensive. Most people couldn't afford to buy a grave in perpetuity.

[@adelerodriguez2432]

In some states, you will find cemeteries on hills.

[@1989opprsvp]

You have nerves of steel!!!

[@ahmedalij1988]

what happens to the tombstone of the old owner of the grave does it remain or removed?

[@MartinsGraveyard]

It is destroyed, and a new one is erected in its place.

[@honestjohn1129]

Just think is someone walked along & see some guy laid out in a grave with a spade

[@wilson42cc]

Very interesting, it’s peaceful down there, resting in the earth , now I know, I want beer , and caviar burned with me , just in case I get hungry. I’m always hungry 😂

[@ComfyShortz]

A weird practice when you buy a grave here in the US it is a lifetime purchase. Digging up a grave is considered desecration and disrespecting the dead.

[@bobbylee2853]

@@kee-sn1du Here in Ontario, Canada; a cemetery plot purchase is forever and ever until judgement day.😀

[@mi5iu491]

This happens in most of europe. Especially public graveyards. Happens in the us too if you dont pay. Land is more valuable. It's better to move the dead than to plow down trees for a graveyard..... its not like they're being disrespectful.

[@ComfyShortz]

@UCWQxFfOJDY4VWznWaPX_78Q Well 100 years is pretty much a lifetime.,

[@habernack2932]

"Lifetime Purchases" are an interesting concept as soon as it comes to the "customer" being a dead person.

[@juslitor]

@@mi5iu491 In my neck of the woods, you buy the plot in 30 year slots, repossessed once the last payment expires. What our american friends dont take into consideration is that some cities in europe have thousands of years of burials, space runs out pretty fast even in relatively young cities only 700 years old or so.

[@sdrahcir5054]

Man, I really need to get off KZbin for a while…

[@labeef1953]

😂😂😂

[@fidelcatsro6948]

@@sdrahcir5054 ok take time and watch aljazeera

[@potterwalker4823]

My brother is desperately searching for the grave of our mother who died in Spain In 1963. I just found out that they recycle the grave and throw out the dead person. He is going to be very upset when he realizes that our mother wasn’t even worth the dirt she was buried in. What a strange world we live in.

[@MartinsGraveyard]

Maybe they buried her underneath the next person, like we do. Check the Spanish funeral regulations. Maybe she's still there.

[@longinogiorda149]

Unfortunately your mom has been disposed in a common ossuary, where the unclaimed remains are put there, without any recognition marks.

[@mikesey1]

Remind me not to die in Poland or Spain! Second thoughts, I think I will be cremated! 😳

[@alexanderangelov230]

@@mikesey1 You would be dead and you won't have the ability to care about what will be done with your remains. After all the space is limited and people should be practical. For example, my grandma and grandpa are stacked above her parents. My father is stacked above his mother.

[@mrelano65]

@@mikesey1 Why would you care? You will be dead.

[@Joe_1971]

Man, this guy digs an entire grave...I dread digging a post hole. You are a beast.!!

[@MartinsGraveyard]

Roar!

[@vicvega3614]

If u can't dig a post hole u better get to the gym

[@Peterswarahed]

Perfectly square too...

[@chancellorgowron8992]

Sam and dean winchester made it look really easy for a long time.

[@dgault01]

My thoughts exactly. If I had to do this, it would probably take me a week and my hands would be completely covered in blisters by the end. Kudos to you! In all seriousness though, is it common to dig the graves by hand there? Here in the American south (Tennessee, Missississippi, etc) they usually use smaller backhoe machines that dig out the hole in about 30 minutes or so.

[@davidjohnson3890]

I live in southeast England and my family have owned a burial plot for at least 180 years when a new cemetery was opened after the old 13th century church cemetery became full. Previously we were buried in the crypt/ undercroft of the church going back as far as the mid-1500s or the English Reformation. There are individual graves within the plot and they are all brick-lined with the local red clay bricks. The grave was last opened in 1999 when my parents were buried having died within five months of each other. Legally as ownership now rests with me nobody other than agreed with me can be buried there. I have continued to pay the land rent (called tithe in the UK) for the past 25 years but as I am the last of my family that will cease with me. The plot cannot then be touched for one hundred years. The earth in the cemetery is mostly light gravel with flint nodules and it is very dry but there are lots of tree and shrub roots. Above the grave plots are flat granite slabs the size of the grave. I was born in the village and I hope to die there as I am now 80. It is very comforting to know where you will lie for eternity. Thank you for showing great sympathy to the deceased in your videos.

[@mlsf4w]

this comment is incredible, you seem so sweet

[@lordeden2732]

Not very likely

[@martinisherwood2854]

In the UK, I know if you have a Victorian grave or C of E grave, you own them, then the law changed again. You buy for 100 years, then if family are left, you buy it again then again you get less time each time you buy it under the Reuse of Graves Act

[@Ephemeral2023]

Eternity is 100 years?

[@jacquelineentwistle5091]

@@davidjohnson3890 then can you imagine 8 billion people on the planet and growing breeders keep bringing more corpses here for the graves

[@bds123087]

I’m honestly impressed with the digging. People don’t realize how much energy it takes to dig a hole.

[@MartinsGraveyard]

Yeah, I haven't done it in two years and it's a rough comeback now.

[@martymartin2894]

Especially that size and one your own.

[@M.Abbas7944]

@@MartinsGraveyard You Heard Any Weird Sounds In A Graveyard Ever? Or Heard A Crazy Story? Do Share.

[@MartinsGraveyard]

@@M.Abbas7944 There's too much of them. I don't even pay attention anymore.

[@chucklaverdiere1369]

My best friend passed in 1998. Now I know his remains are pretty much dust. I remember all the items everyone put in his casket. Crazy they outlast him.

[@hjtres7261]

His body may not be there anymore but the good memories hopefully are. I'm sorry for your loss.

[@vicvega3614]

What country? Im America we put coffins in vaults

[@angela-ji1cg]

I was told it all depends on the person doing the embalming. Some people look almost the same as when they died. There are you tube videos about it if u don't believe me.

[@lordeden2732]

​@@vicvega3614Not every where in the states

[@frenchustube]

@@angela-ji1cg it doesn’t have much to do with the embalming. It has to do with the condition where the body is buried. Dry desert like death valley or the swamps of Louisiana.

[@skn9895]

This is really bizarre to me. I live in a very remote area of Montana, so there is definitely not a space problem here. Our dead rest peacefully for all eternity in the same grave.

[@RobinsVoyage]

@Kelly Schueman what are you smoking?

[@juliecrowder1432]

I love Montana!! Great fly fishing

[@juliecrowder1432]

I sure would not dig up any grave.... bad juju

[@lifeisa_highway8957]

Same in Australia. We have 100 year leases but I don't believe that's enforced because you see graves much much much older than that around. Maybe in city areas where they have less room they might be more strict. 20 years seems absurd and so disrespectful. Then to have a new person laying on top of you? Do you still have your name there because you're still there? Does the new family know the grave is recycled and they are putting a loved one on-top of someone else. 🤯

[@Rebeccacell]

@@lifeisa_highway8957if you read the video description, the grave is only disturbed after 20 years AND if the family doesn’t pay for an additional 20 years. So if the family keeps paying the grave is left intact.

[@The.Doctor.6149]

I can honestly say, I’ve never found watching a man dig a grave so therapeutic before - actually, I’m 53 and I can honestly say, I’ve *never* watched *anybody* dig a grave before. I’ve dug a few holes over the years to bury pets etc, but never watched a man dig a hole. We enter the world through a hole; as a man I’ve spent 35 years trying to get back into many holes, and I’ll leave the world as I arrived, back in a hole. Everyone should watch this at least once - it’s like seeing your final home, unless you’re getting cremated. Nice work! That’s a nice, tidy hole….. deja vu 🤷‍♂️? I’ve definitely had that thought before……. C’est la vie. 👍

[@opieangst]

Cheeky, but true!

[@davewallace8219]

well said!

[@philbertchow5425]

Holes

[@Peterswarahed]

We are all about a good hole 😁

[@GOGOSLIFE]

I've always said: "men spend 9 months waiting to come out, and the rest of their lives trying to get back in"! 😉😉

[@samhill2450]

I was unfamiliar with the practice of grave recycling till I stumbled on this video. What happens to the old grave stone? It all seems very efficient and economical, but I think I'd prefer to go the cremation route if I knew I was going to be dug up after 20 years.

[@SC-jh9qp]

26 years doesn't seem like long ago to me at all. Our perspectives on time are very relative and subjective.

[@Drago1995]

26 years is like 26 micro seconds in the scale of the universe

[@gaz3]

It isn't long At all..old is for sure the wrong word..more like recent ..

[@bug3518]

Seems like a lifetime ago for me probably doesn't help I was born in 96 lol

[@gaz3]

@@bug3518 lol..I remember it well..the last of the good days

[@gaz3]

@Bug mate I member 96 like it was 7 years ago serious

[@brianmcconnell1817]

Why did I find this so fascinating? 🤷🏼‍♂️ There was nothing about it that was gruesome or scary. It actually felt very peaceful, especially when you were laying in the grave and showing your perspective looking up at the trees. All I felt was calm and peace. I especially appreciated how you treated the woman’s remains with respect and dignity. One should ALWAYS respect the dead.

[@concernedcitizen4031]

What a back breaking job. Where's the backhoe?

[@bigbasil1908]

The guy does this a lot, so he's really used to it. And he does the video from that angle. Other people might act a bit disturbed or disgusted in the video, and so the viewer would get that vibe too. Ultimately its just bones and I've found loads of deer bones and bones of other animals over my local parks. Once all the flesh has rotted away, you're just left with clean bones. I'm not sure if all of her hair would have rotted away to nothing if she had long hair.

[@jdsrcs8061]

In 1998 my grandfather died. All of us family members got together the night before his funeral and dug his grave. The hole we dug as way to big. If I remember correctly it was about 7 feet deep, 6 feet wide, and 10 feet long. We were all reminiscing the good old days and a few beers were had by all of us. Digging at night with only headlights providing light was very therapeutic. Then the next day we filled in the hole. It was funny because people attending commented on the size of the hole!!! Great vid!!!!👍👍👍

[@MartinsGraveyard]

That's a great story thanks for sharing! I had holes too small where you scrape the casket whil lowering it and holes collapsing right before the funeral. Did you fill the hole during the funeral or after everybody left? Thanks for watching.

[@jdsrcs8061]

@@MartinsGraveyard we filled it afterwards. most of the family stayed behind and shoveled a bit.

[@justinberry3991]

I guess that would be the thing to do. If nothing else, just to make sure there wasn't anyone down there in a plot yall paid for.

[@celticoceane]

Here in ireland you buy the burial plot and then own it for ever no digging people up here, we also dig our graves 9ft down so 3 coffins can be interred when the grave is full we concrete over the top so it's never disturbed again it's so sad to see this happening all for the sake of more money

[@thedowagerd.2431]

Values can and do change. Sad to say.

[@ayajparahinog9168]

This is needed for over crowded cemetery.

[@celticoceane]

@@ayajparahinog9168 why don't they just extend the cemetery make it bigger or just make a new grave yard within the vicinity that's what's done in ireland

[@ayajparahinog9168]

@@celticoceane well if the place or lot is wide and has still enough space to expand then it's okay. Try to google this cemetery(Manila North Cemetery) in my home country. There is no space to expand, and it needs to regulate by decreasing the size of those 100 years old graveyard by cremation and place it in a small jar or something like memorial house.

[@Rob-kv1sj]

@oceanelucia So in Ireland they don't worry about being under the frost line (at about 6')? In the US they've started doing "companion plots" where they go down about 10' and they stack 2 deep to stay under the frost line. I do like the cement "cap" over everything, although here they normally put the casket in a concrete "vault" or "rough box" so the caskets will never touch.

[@lilianapapp6731]

The way you covered the late face of this person was so beautiful and kind of emotional. Made me think about the meaning of life.

[@gowdsake7103]

There is a meaning ?

[@livmarlin4259]

Kedves Liliána! Írtam neked Facén.

[@nikmason6873]

The meaning of life is to find the balance in everything that makes your life. Its not rocket science. Lay off the Netflix fix

[@joeblow1748]

Memento mori 😅

[@nikmason6873]

@@joeblow1748 ain't that the truth?

[@lesley.brennan10]

Hi ive just come across your channel .i find this so sad that these people ain't left to rest in internal peace this j7st seem very very wrong to me .from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

[@fidelcatsro6948]

Yes its crazy even stepping on the remains is disrespectful in our tradition

[@Rebecca-nx5ec]

I believe he was preparing the grave for another body to be placed in there, there something comforting in knowing that love ones are buried together regardless of time, 💕🇳🇿🙏🕊️

[@Rebecca-nx5ec]

​@@fidelcatsro6948walking on graves is disrespectful this is not quite the same thing thankfully

[@rainmancw9022]

When I was a boy, my grandfather worked for a company that would go in and retrieve per say family heirlooms for relatives. Don't how all that worked, but it gave me shivers when he talked about the things he saw. I guess that people, in a moment of sorrow, send their loved ones away with something pricey. Relatives afterward come along and retrieve it for a price. I'd rather not have it back...just saying

[@speedfreak8200]

More than likely run of the mill Grave Robbers

[@richardroth4915]

In Illinois once your buried you are there forever .. even if you want to move a loved one you have to go to court and it's very unlikely you will get an ok to do so .. here you don't disturb the dead final resting place

[@David49305]

That's because, in America, we have a lot of land. European countries are old and small. There isn't enough room to give everyone their own grave. You really can't make a comparison. Americans have privileges that a lot of the world doesn't.

[@richardroth4915]

@@David49305 I wasn't making a comparison only stating a fact

[@jackiepeters7424]

@@richardroth4915 As it should be.

[@cyberpleb2472]

Forever is a long time. I guarantee you will not be there forever.

[@richardroth4915]

@cyberpleb2472 You can not guarantee anything , you will not be around forever ! In cemetarys, there are graves well over 120 years

[@ronh7910]

This is very physically hard work. My hats off to you bro being as tough as you are. Take care of your self.

[@michaelbruce6190]

It's extremely hard work, that's why I always laugh when I see someone hand dig a large and deep hole in a movie or whatever in no time at all and they're not even tired whatsoever.....just watching this guy makes me tired 🤣

[@nickp9537]

He did that in like 15 minutes too, so insane

[@krisangel7080]

Sharpen that shovel.

[@tinasavage674]

We have a friend who does grave digging for the local council he dug my uncles grave and during the service around the grave the vicor noticed a mouse running round in the hole so our friend had to jump in and rescue the mouse 😂 but it made everyone smile on a sad occasion 😊

[@Kitty.R.K]

What a animal friend!!!👍😊🎗️⚰️🐁💕

[@lovetogun3611]

So, why did you have to dig up this grave if not to bury the original occupant deeper for another burial in the same grave?🤔 Maybe Im missing something

[@kollettebowman5247]

I am thinking like you my great great grandparents are still where they were placed so glad their remains are in place

[@MultiKamil97]

This height of hole that he left is perfectly fine for another dead person so he didn't dig it deeper.

[@mattcollier5957]

Im a Funeral Director, been in the funeral industry for just over 20 years. You have done a wonderful and professional job here. My father passed away in 1996 as did this dear lady here, this gives me some idea of what dads remains would be like although its very clay where he is buried and on the day of the burial it was raining and already a foot or so of water in the grave bottom as we lowered dad to rest and start his final journey.

[@MartinsGraveyard]

Thank you, It's always nice to hear some feedback from the people that actually work with the dead. A lot depends on the type of soil as well but I'm sure that you're aware of that after so many years. All the best to you.

[@Sabtien1]

@@michaelvoorhees5978 You're disgusting.

[@justinberry3991]

Damnit. Now i want a completely sealed, airtight coffin

[@eddabrandes7395]

In Germany, there is a "resting time" in which a body may not be dug up. Depending on the community, this is 20 to 30 years, in clay up to 40 years. So I understand that decomposition is slower in clay.

[@hawaiibound.]

@@justinberry3991 there's no such thing as a completely sealed, airtight coffin. They will all leak eventually. You are better off being cremated.

[@chapsnaps1]

In most newer cemeteries in the UK graves can be recycled 75 years after the last burial. It says this in the small print on the cemetery notice boards. I wonder how many people are aware of this? Older cemeteries don't get disturbed unless major infrastructure is planned to go through them (HS2).

[@chapsnaps1]

@@caerleon87 I don't believe that many people will be aware of the 75 year rule. It's going to happen much more often because we just don't have the space for burials - especially if 350,000 new houses get built every year to house the growing population. We soon won't have the land to grow enough food. We currently produce 46% of what we eat in the UK. The rest is imported.

[@INTOASECRETLAND]

The most disturbing thing is the fact that plastic is still lurking around after all that time!

[@chrisvig123]

And coffin is made of cheap particle board 😮

[@lizzyfitz311]

Agreed

[@shannaprissyleamon1311]

You must be in fantastic shape! I dig for 5 minutes & about pass out lol 😆

[@CJRSBK]

WTF no respect for the dead filming digging up a grave ...wow this world is just getting worse anything for money and KZbin allow this unbelievable. ....

[@ponderanceofagravedigger2564]

I have the luxury of using a back hoe. Very rarely hand dug. We do use vaults as well. Looks like you don't have room in that cemetery for a machine? Love your channel.

[@earmark72]

This is amazing educational stuff for those of us in the USA. Not gruesome at all, very "earthy." An honest days work.

[@mirenerreginegarciapalmero6897]

It's interesting! What most of the people don't know about & my father used to say 'only undertakers know, it's their job', now visible on KZbin- & must say it's kind of fascinating & special..

[@jayham1970]

Years ago as a preacher, we came out one Sunday morning from service, and there was a family hand digging a grave for a departed family member. I had not seen people hand digging a grave since I was a child. I walked out to them and offered to help them, but they just politely thanked me for the offer, and they told me that they appreciated the kindness offered, but “…preacher, this is just something that we have to do.” (Giles County, Tennessee). Funerals and burials are different and private to many people all over the world. Like some commented below, I hate to dig a post hole. The thought of digging a grave just wears me out thinking about the task.

[@1960dave1960]

Some time ago, I was visiting my local church yard in Surrey, there was a guy just doing this, recycling a grave which was about ninety years old, he explained exactly what he had done, he said that he had been very respectful of the remains….

[@MsWenders]

You work so hard I can’t believe there is little left of the human body…. But the bloody plastic is still intact!

[@erikkadactyl]

Fascinating! I am amazed how quickly we disintegrate (good thing) but plastic just stays forever (not so good). Even the plastic wrapping from the flowers was still there.

[@carloferrari7452]

I new of someone whos body was exhumed in the UK after 20 years and when the coffin was opened the man inside it looked as good as the day he was buried and was wearing a grey suit

[@MartinsGraveyard]

He was either embalmed or the conditions in the ground were optimal for natural mummification.

[@adelerodriguez2432]

​@@MartinsGraveyardI am from Long Island, NY. Many years ago, a woman was killed by her husband. They were Jewish, so she was buried right away and buried in a wooden coffin in an out-of-state cemetery. When they disinterred her a few months later, her body was in very good condition bc she was buried in a cool area. The ME found a needle mark on her, and it was discovered that she had been murdered. She wasn't embalmed.

[@jom2505]

I realize there are traditions that foreign countries have, but to me, this is so disrespectful to the person who was buried there

[@jamescook5487]

This hit home for me because my dad died the year after in 1997, its weird to be able to see the state that his remains would be in currently.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

Not exactly accurate everywhere, my mom died in 1995, exhumed in 2023, there wasnt much left..only pieces of skull and a long bone😢

[@spiralrose]

That’s so so sad. 1996 was not long ago at all. I can understand having another family member put inside with the deceased after their death, but why have a stranger moved in? I hope this never happens to my loved ones who are buried in the earth

[@soulsearchingsun81]

@@spiralrose i think you see it to emotional (wich I do understand)l But I hardly visit graves of my relatives. After all it's just earth and bones, a materialistic place. The memories are in my head and heart. This video shows we are all the same in the end, with the same destiny so cherish life, your relatives and the people you don't know. We really have a very short life on a very small planet in the immeasurable universe. Seize the day. Peace!

[@doreenandrew4229]

My cousins used to live next to a cemetery and in the summer played hide and seek in the cemetery. Well one night my one cousin jumped over a tombstone and fell into an open grave that was dug for a funeral the following day lol!

[@marybrett3149]

Oh my Gosh, did he have nightmares!

[@vanessasimmons1175]

Hope you’re paid well to do this work!

[@izabelledominguez1013]

It’s interesting how the roots of the trees are there in the grave , it makes me wonder if the soul of the deceased person a part of the surrounding trees now & that is a comforting thought ..

[@marybrett3149]

That's a lovely thought!

[@justinberry3991]

To hell with that. I now have to renew my will

[@hazelparr8461]

What a beautiful thought x

[@justinberry3991]

Don't eat the fruit!

[@laus9953]

wonder whether deceased human makes good compost or perhaps all the accumulated medicines + chemicals spoil it all

[@cjmiller2037]

Looks like really hard work. Why do you remove it?? Glad its not done here.

[@scaruso159]

It's nice to know in Poland my ancestors are simply part of the Earth..

[@ourfamilysvarietyshow]

That's just wrong. Digging up a final resting place of someone and giving it to someone else. Bs

[@Sinister12C]

No there selling it to someone else obviously it’s all about the money not respect !

[@Grinlathak]

So with this being the common practice, why not dig all graves deeper in the first place and lay a plastic tarp over so the next digger will know when to stop digging and not have to exhume any bodies?

[@Proud2bmodest]

Exhumation is done only if the grave rental fee is not paid for another term. As long as rent is paid, the remains are left alone.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

World will start doing that as we get more and more and with less and less land..

[@michelleheadley2911]

@@Proud2bmodestso basically you evict someone’s family after 20 years because their “rent” isn’t up to date?

[@tuckerdelay9656]

That would creep me out touching the skeleton

[@fidelcatsro6948]

Wait till you see Gaza, very sad😢

[@uNpOpuLArOpInION69]

8:14 i was very shocked about the perfect condition of this watch, then i realized you didn’t find it lol

[@nealskydive]

This is fascinating, thanks for sharing this

[@richhughes7450]

Eventually, cremations will be compulsary.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

In my country yes Except for Jews and Muslims..

[@Rainmanpdt49]

I'm surprised the caskets aren't entombed in a burial vault. Here in the states, most states require it, as they keep graves from sinking, and keep decomposed bodies from contaminating the ground. Do any of these cemeteries contain a columbarium or mausoleum which house cremated remains?

[@MartinsGraveyard]

Most of the graves in Poland are just dug in the ground, without a concrete vault. We have concrete vaults also but they are rare. We cremate over half of the dead and mostly bury the urns under the existing tombstones (in the ground), in the columbariums or in the recycled children graves (the graves are recycled, not the children ;)

[@warriorwoman5422]

They don’t embalm there which makes the body not toxic. We are organic - this is natural and normal. What we do in the states is not.

[@RResidentAlienNN]

Just because we are organic doesn't mean we don't carry potentially toxic chemicals. Organic chemistry.. When someone passes away and isn't discovered for weeks, they're essentially decomposed to the point of a liquid state which is a biohazard if not cleaned properly. I'm not saying what we do in the states is normal, but just because we are organic doesn't automatically make us completely safe when one is in advanced stages of decomposition.

[@David49305]

concrete doesn't keep the body from contamination the soil as concrete is porous

[@David49305]

@@RResidentAlienNN The body doesn't stay a biohazard forever. Everything decomposes into basic compounds. The bacteria etc, that may be harmful;l after death will eventually die off. People have been naturally decomposing for thousands of years with no need to seal them in a vault. Besides, the vault isn't watertight. Concrete is porous.

[@jessicapayne8622]

Grabs kids. Rushes over. Grandson is curious, 26 year old son is trying not to fall in with looking. Daughter just scrunches Up face and walks away. No pleasing some people. Please don’t stop your vids! They are amazing! X

Graves don't have a time limit..... Up north, I've seen dates from the 1700's & 1800's.

[@ianwilkinson5069]

I always joked about having my coffin filled with nails and broken glass. Be careful digging lol

[@jimroberts3009]

I used to work in a cemetery here in the UK. The graves would be reused there as well. There would mounds of soil in different places containing lots of bones including skulls. Not a very respectful way to treat the remains of deceased human being, in my opinion!

[@lilitheden748]

In Belgium you pay for a grave for 35 years. If this time is passed you can pay for another 15 years and so on. When the grave is not payed for the old bones are removed and cremated together with other dugout bones. We do have very old graves that are “everlasting “. Before the new burial laws the graves could be bought to be everlasting. These are mostly grave cellars or Monuments. I think they date from before the 1950’s. Our country is Catholic and in principle the religion dictates that the body must remain buried until the day of resurrection. Now however we have fewer cemeteries and also fewer burial plots. Hence the reuse of graves. Also lots of people are cremated nowadays. Here digging up the graves is done by cemetery workers. In Poland undertakers have to work hard and it seems that they are really doing the whole burial by themselves. That deserves respect.

[@ari3lz3pp]

Can actually tell if it was a woman also by the bone structure. Eye sockets, perhaps jaw and collar bone, the large arm bones, pelvis....

[@michaeldroege1898]

When I die I just want to be stood out in the garbage with my hat on. Happy holidays everyone!

[@Wootangtw]

Lol..

[@laurelahlstrom8749]

Ha hahaha ha 👍☺️

[@laus9953]

I want to be fed to the animals

[@NicholasVincent-ol1zk]

@supernaturalphantasmesh Dirty job guy get us an application please.

[@Drago1995]

mother nature really takes us roots growing in our bodies, it's really returning to our mother

[@roomullan3050]

Very hard work and an awful thing to have to do. 1996 was not that long ago. This is barbaric practice

[@davidvincent1093]

Though she likely will never know she has a lovely resting place with the shade trees above her

[@lorrainebarry7184]

interesting my father inlaw passed the same time as this person so i guess thats what my fatherinlaw looks like and he passed in 1996 also but hes still in his grave why are they digging them up i got a bit suss one day where my fatherinlaw was buried one day onley they had a tractor so im guessing it goes on in australia too if the grave has been there for many years it shouldnt happen people have paid lots of money for their funerals ands coffin etc and somebody comes along and does this to them its so wrong so much for rest in peace

[@janellemarieclark2780]

Wonderfully done and very in depth! You are very respectful in process. It is sad that the earth must be disturbed and really goes to show the reality of death and time. Ashes and dust but hopefully the life and memory of the deceased remain in the hearts of loved ones.

[@Wootangtw]

Yeah very sad…

[@jourdanze]

Very respectful? Like the part where he balances his shovel across the grave and bunny hops into it? Give over.

[@MultiKamil97]

​@@jourdanze He didn't jump from bones OR on bones though.

[@coryleahy8546]

I shit myself and cried when I saw that. How much did you shit? I had a whole pant loaf

[@bryony1995uk]

Pay so much money for a casket for it to disintegrate withing a few decades. Just stick me in as I am ✌🏽

[@shaneshelby9348]

If a person died in 1996 there coffin would still be there

[@cindytyler2151]

@@shaneshelby9348 I believe it was made with particle board

[@krashd]

Not in Europe, we don't bury in hard woods and we don't usually embalm the dead. The idea being for the body to go back to nature, rather than remain preserved for centuries.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

Yes if you used some expensive stuff..

[@canoli27]

You need another line of work. Seriously. Anything else beats doing this for a living

[@donnielewis6958]

When I went to Tennessee I was walking through mountains stumbling on a old cemetery most caskets were dug up already you could see inside most caskets I’ll never forget

[@fidelcatsro6948]

Who dug them out?😮

[@laurasaylor6892]

Why dont the deceased people have vaults? Also why did you say your getting the grave ready for the next person?

[@klistarf]

We all die, we know this. But this here is the reality of it and it is fascinating. In no way is it morbid or 'dark'. Maybe not exact, but this is the sort of thing that will happen to each and every one of us at some point in the future. Very nicely done, and obviously respectful. Just a job that needs to be done. Very interesting viewing 🙏

[@wendymayo9546]

How awful. I'm not going to let that happen to me. Cremation and scattered.

[@markhoezee6292]

I guess I don’t understand why this had to be done since they were not going to bury another body,or were they?

[@carolhutchinson7763]

I don't know where this is but in Norway you can have a grave for 10 years. Then the remains are removed and cremated. I don't know if this is still done today but I think it probably is. There are small countries where if this isn't done the whole country would be nothing but graves.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

​@@carolhutchinson7763in my tiny republic graves are exhumed from plots after 15yrs and remains are collected labelled and placed in smaller concrete vaults

[@Barbra-c6l]

I wouldnt even dare dig a grave knowing there is remains of a dead person,im scared of death and im scared to look at a dead person. I admire you,it takes guts

[@martymartin2894]

This is seriously hard physical work and the fact you are doing such long hours is amazing. U don't get paid nearly enough money.

[@misskelly9184]

Why was that sexy when he used the shovel to climb out the hole

[@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin]

@@sophicutler1492 oof

[@joshuaryan8104]

Very educational thank you for the woman whos remains were used to explain the process RIP AGAIN

[@marjoriesmith6841]

Why do we spend so much money on caskets and plots if they are going to be dug up and then someone else be buried on top? To me... it's disrespectful 😢

[@alex_Skye]

I only realized this too. Screw that, I’ll be cremated instead, no sense in having my family spend thousands more than cremation if this will be the possible outcome

[@laurencegoulty3196]

Really interesting insite into your profession, thanks for sharing.👍🏻

[@shaneshelby9348]

What do you dig up graves what is the reason

[@rchrdjms62]

Your comment is a year old but in case you get notification, I've watched these videos before. The 5:50 graves are dug up to make room to put another body in. I believe the previous person's bones are gathered and put in one end of the hole and later put another body in.

[@jerrydonquixote5927]

Thanks for showing us your work I wanted to go into the funeral business after the military but after working as an apprentice I knew I wasn't cut out for it. I would like to do what you're doing but the bodies that were like three days olds I couldn't deal with the smells.

[@MartinsGraveyard]

You get used to the smell pretty quick.

[@laus9953]

I met an embalmer once and she said, the stench from freshly decomposing bodies is so intense, that your entire sense of smell becomes destroyed. so she had zero sense of smell left, if I let off a potent silent fart in front of her - she would not notice

[@tarekbahsoun2755]

It's creepy to see you lying in a tomb

[@sammyday3341]

Yes -especially if the walls cave in and he’s buried by hundreds of pounds of soil. Now THAT would be a good KZbin story.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

Good reminders for ourselves of the akhirah

[@cg00000]

i find the practice disgusting. i will be cremated thanks.

[@thefossman8829]

Interesting, never seen this done before. Thanks for sharing.

[@pellepopcorn6129]

No need to dig at all. Cremate and throw the ashes in a pond/bushes and in that tiny area you can throw millions of people… Elementary

[@cherylsmith4826]

I love when you give us the deadman view. Its very peaceful there. Lots of nice trees.

until it goes dark

[@fidelcatsro6948]

Watch nde near death experience hell and paradise exists

[@maxwellcrazycat9204]

So much for "eternal rest". Nothing lasts forever.

[@nickdine2795]

Why be buried if they’ll just dig you up?

[@kubakuba1112]

So nobody can see and smell rotting body?