You know you’re bored when u watch a video of someone digging a hole
@josephyeo69662 ай бұрын
Most KZbin trawlers are bored men.
@carolevans5285Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂❤
@whatsfunny9571Ай бұрын
Not just a hole 🕳️ a grave 🪦 yikes 😬
@_crazygirlyАй бұрын
@@heartbrokenamerican2195 yea
@modestmouse2889Ай бұрын
maybe were dead too watching ourselves were we ever alive at all
@ComfyShortz Жыл бұрын
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.
@bobbylee28532 ай бұрын
@@kee-sn1du Here in Ontario, Canada; a cemetery plot purchase is forever and ever until judgement day.😀
@mi5iu4912 ай бұрын
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.
@ComfyShortz2 ай бұрын
@UCWQxFfOJDY4VWznWaPX_78Q Well 100 years is pretty much a lifetime.,
@habernack29322 ай бұрын
"Lifetime Purchases" are an interesting concept as soon as it comes to the "customer" being a dead person.
@juslitor2 ай бұрын
@@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.
@bds1230872 ай бұрын
I’m honestly impressed with the digging. People don’t realize how much energy it takes to dig a hole.
@MartinsGraveyard2 ай бұрын
Yeah, I haven't done it in two years and it's a rough comeback now.
@martymartin2894Ай бұрын
Especially that size and one your own.
@M.Abbas79448 күн бұрын
@@MartinsGraveyard You Heard Any Weird Sounds In A Graveyard Ever? Or Heard A Crazy Story? Do Share.
@MartinsGraveyard8 күн бұрын
@@M.Abbas7944 There's too much of them. I don't even pay attention anymore.
@potterwalker48232 жыл бұрын
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.
@MartinsGraveyard2 жыл бұрын
Maybe they buried her underneath the next person, like we do. Check the Spanish funeral regulations. Maybe she's still there.
@longinogiorda149 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately your mom has been disposed in a common ossuary, where the unclaimed remains are put there, without any recognition marks.
@mikesey1 Жыл бұрын
Remind me not to die in Poland or Spain! Second thoughts, I think I will be cremated! 😳
@alexanderangelov230 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
@@mikesey1 Why would you care? You will be dead.
@Joe_1971 Жыл бұрын
Man, this guy digs an entire grave...I dread digging a post hole. You are a beast.!!
@MartinsGraveyard Жыл бұрын
Roar!
@vicvega36149 ай бұрын
If u can't dig a post hole u better get to the gym
@Peterswarahed2 ай бұрын
Perfectly square too...
@chancellorgowron8992Ай бұрын
Sam and dean winchester made it look really easy for a long time.
@davidjohnson38908 ай бұрын
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.
@mlsf4w6 ай бұрын
this comment is incredible, you seem so sweet
@lordeden27325 ай бұрын
Not very likely
@martinisherwood28542 ай бұрын
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
@Ephemeral20232 ай бұрын
Eternity is 100 years?
@jacquelineentwistle5091Ай бұрын
@@davidjohnson3890 then can you imagine 8 billion people on the planet and growing breeders keep bringing more corpses here for the graves
@The.Doctor.149 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Cheeky, but true!
@davewallace8219 Жыл бұрын
well said!
@philbertchow54258 ай бұрын
Holes
@Peterswarahed2 ай бұрын
We are all about a good hole 😁
@GOGOSLIFEАй бұрын
I've always said: "men spend 9 months waiting to come out, and the rest of their lives trying to get back in"! 😉😉
@chucklaverdiere1369 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
His body may not be there anymore but the good memories hopefully are. I'm sorry for your loss.
@vicvega36149 ай бұрын
What country? Im America we put coffins in vaults
@angela-ji1cg6 ай бұрын
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.
@lordeden27325 ай бұрын
@@vicvega3614Not every where in the states
@frenchustube3 ай бұрын
@@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.
@jdsrcs8061 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@MartinsGraveyard we filled it afterwards. most of the family stayed behind and shoveled a bit.
@justinberry3991 Жыл бұрын
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.
@lilianapapp6731 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
There is a meaning ?
@livmarlin4259 Жыл бұрын
Kedves Liliána! Írtam neked Facén.
@nikmason6873 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Memento mori 😅
@nikmason6873 Жыл бұрын
@@joeblow1748 ain't that the truth?
@skn9895 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@Kelly Schueman what are you smoking?
@juliecrowder1432 Жыл бұрын
I love Montana!! Great fly fishing
@juliecrowder1432 Жыл бұрын
I sure would not dig up any grave.... bad juju
@lifeisa_highway8957 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@gregorykrug8034 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@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!!
@kimnoble943411 ай бұрын
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.
@gregorykrug803411 ай бұрын
@@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.
@kirkf4crewdawg6049 ай бұрын
@@kimnoble9434 Embalming gives the family a chance to have a viewing/funeral without the body decomposing so soon.
@brianmcconnell1817 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
What a back breaking job. Where's the backhoe?
@ronh7910 Жыл бұрын
This is very physically hard work. My hats off to you bro being as tough as you are. Take care of your self.
@michaelbruce6190 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
He did that in like 15 minutes too, so insane
@krisangel7080 Жыл бұрын
Sharpen that shovel.
@jom2505Ай бұрын
I realize there are traditions that foreign countries have, but to me, this is so disrespectful to the person who was buried there
@lesley.brennan10 Жыл бұрын
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 🇦🇺
@fidelcatsro694811 күн бұрын
Yes its crazy even stepping on the remains is disrespectful in our tradition
@rainmancw9022 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
More than likely run of the mill Grave Robbers
@mattcollier5957 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelvoorhees5978 You're disgusting.
@justinberry3991 Жыл бұрын
Damnit. Now i want a completely sealed, airtight coffin
@eddabrandes7395 Жыл бұрын
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. Жыл бұрын
@@justinberry3991 there's no such thing as a completely sealed, airtight coffin. They will all leak eventually. You are better off being cremated.
@SC-jh9qp Жыл бұрын
26 years doesn't seem like long ago to me at all. Our perspectives on time are very relative and subjective.
@Drago1995 Жыл бұрын
26 years is like 26 micro seconds in the scale of the universe
@gaz3 Жыл бұрын
It isn't long At all..old is for sure the wrong word..more like recent ..
@bug3518 Жыл бұрын
Seems like a lifetime ago for me probably doesn't help I was born in 96 lol
@gaz3 Жыл бұрын
@@bug3518 lol..I remember it well..the last of the good days
@gaz3 Жыл бұрын
@Bug mate I member 96 like it was 7 years ago serious
@sdrahcir5054 Жыл бұрын
Man, I really need to get off KZbin for a while…
@larryinfantino37929 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@fidelcatsro694811 күн бұрын
@@sdrahcir5054 ok take time and watch aljazeera
@MsWenders8 ай бұрын
You work so hard I can’t believe there is little left of the human body…. But the bloody plastic is still intact!
@celticoceane Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Values can and do change. Sad to say.
@ayajparahinog9168 Жыл бұрын
This is needed for over crowded cemetery.
@celticoceane Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
@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.
@shannaprissyleamon1311 Жыл бұрын
You must be in fantastic shape! I dig for 5 minutes & about pass out lol 😆
@jayham197010 ай бұрын
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.
@jessicapayne8622 Жыл бұрын
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
@erikkadactyl Жыл бұрын
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.
@earmark72 Жыл бұрын
This is amazing educational stuff for those of us in the USA. Not gruesome at all, very "earthy." An honest days work.
@chapsnaps1 Жыл бұрын
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).
@chapsnaps15 ай бұрын
@@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.
@martymartin2894Ай бұрын
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.
@1960dave1960 Жыл бұрын
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….
@seancooke45062 ай бұрын
I have just discovered this channel and I suspect that it will become a firm favourite of mine. This is a secretive industry in this country. We never see the digging, just the hole and the ceremony. There's so much more to it and I am impressed.
@MartinsGraveyard2 ай бұрын
Thanks for tuning in. I'm working on a new video as we speak. It'll be out next week.
@tinasavage674 Жыл бұрын
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.K10 ай бұрын
What a animal friend!!!👍😊🎗️⚰️🐁💕
@scaruso159 Жыл бұрын
It's nice to know in Poland my ancestors are simply part of the Earth..
@richardroth4915 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@David49305 I wasn't making a comparison only stating a fact
@jackiepeters7424Ай бұрын
@@richardroth4915 As it should be.
@cyberpleb2472Күн бұрын
Forever is a long time. I guarantee you will not be there forever.
@richardroth4915Күн бұрын
@cyberpleb2472 You can not guarantee anything , you will not be around forever ! In cemetarys, there are graves well over 120 years
@samhill2450 Жыл бұрын
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.
@janellemarieclark2780 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Yeah very sad…
@jourdanze Жыл бұрын
Very respectful? Like the part where he balances his shovel across the grave and bunny hops into it? Give over.
@MultiKamil97 Жыл бұрын
@@jourdanze He didn't jump from bones OR on bones though.
@coryleahy85468 ай бұрын
I shit myself and cried when I saw that. How much did you shit? I had a whole pant loaf
@cherylsmith48265 ай бұрын
I love when you give us the deadman view. Its very peaceful there. Lots of nice trees.
4 ай бұрын
until it goes dark
@fidelcatsro694811 күн бұрын
Watch nde near death experience hell and paradise exists
@joshuaryan8104 Жыл бұрын
Very educational thank you for the woman whos remains were used to explain the process RIP AGAIN
@mirenerreginegarciapalmero6897 Жыл бұрын
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..
@laurencegoulty3196 Жыл бұрын
Really interesting insite into your profession, thanks for sharing.👍🏻
@jamescook5487 Жыл бұрын
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.
@fidelcatsro694811 күн бұрын
Not exactly accurate everywhere, my mom died in 1995, exhumed in 2023, there wasnt much left..only pieces of skull and a long bone😢
@BronzFilms Жыл бұрын
I'm a 5th generation cemetery caretaker and this is very interesting to watch. Ive always thought what would happen if we were to run out of space. I appreciate the care you took in doing this job I know it cant be easy.
@Harkeilla Жыл бұрын
I find that hard to believe. If you are, as you say, a 5th generation, then you should already have had at least a basic understanding of how plots are dug and what happens before, during and after a funeral.
@BronzFilms Жыл бұрын
@Harkeill You find it hard to believe I work at a cemetery Lol I have more than a basic understanding of what happens. Doesnt mean we all do it the same way haha
@justinberry3991 Жыл бұрын
My family paid for plots. I'll be damned if someone comes digging around looking for extra space. I'm putting booby traps in my last will and testament.
@INTOASECRETLAND Жыл бұрын
The most disturbing thing is the fact that plastic is still lurking around after all that time!
@chrisvig123 Жыл бұрын
And coffin is made of cheap particle board 😮
@lizzyfitz311 Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@donnielewis6958 Жыл бұрын
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
@fidelcatsro694811 күн бұрын
Who dug them out?😮
@shirleyblevins79 Жыл бұрын
Your video educates for those who are struggling to decide on what to have done with their bodies after death. I dont know of a cemetery local to me that does the recycling of grave. As the person purchases there plot and remains there. It doesnt not make sense to recycle a grave. But I would see digging up ones remains as disturbing the peaceful rest of death. But I am learning everyday and grasping perspective as I go. Thank you for sharing.
@justinberry3991 Жыл бұрын
Right? My family paid for our plots. I'm gonna have "booby traps" written up in my last will and testament
@carloferrari74522 жыл бұрын
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
@MartinsGraveyard2 жыл бұрын
He was either embalmed or the conditions in the ground were optimal for natural mummification.
@adelerodriguez2432 Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@ponderanceofagravedigger2564 Жыл бұрын
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.
@mikepodz74753 ай бұрын
I work at a Funeral Home. I am watching this on my break, and I can say he does handle the remains with respect. [New Subscriber from the US!]
@brianchessman9435 Жыл бұрын
Excellent job!!!! Very well done and is probably the best exhumation video I've watched. You showed a lot of respect to the remains...well done!!!
@MartinsGraveyard Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@izabelledominguez1013 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
That's a lovely thought!
@justinberry3991 Жыл бұрын
To hell with that. I now have to renew my will
@hazelparr8461 Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful thought x
@justinberry3991 Жыл бұрын
Don't eat the fruit!
@laus9953Күн бұрын
wonder whether deceased human makes good compost or perhaps all the accumulated medicines + chemicals spoil it all
@kylierobsoncollins6036Ай бұрын
A peaceful spot for the couple who will be there for the rest of time. God Bless them. And you for treating them with such kindness.
@thefossman8829 Жыл бұрын
Interesting, never seen this done before. Thanks for sharing.
@lilitheden748 Жыл бұрын
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.
@klistarf Жыл бұрын
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 🙏
@vanessasimmons1175 Жыл бұрын
Hope you’re paid well to do this work!
@davidvincent1093 Жыл бұрын
Though she likely will never know she has a lovely resting place with the shade trees above her
@markchimmy Жыл бұрын
The coffin had direct contact with the ground no surprise there was just a skeleton had that not been the case the body probably would have been still recognizable especially if it was embalmed. Thanks for sharing.
@jeanlucchasse3571 Жыл бұрын
From "dust to dust " except for Plastic , it is eternal.
@shaofuchang5155 ай бұрын
I've dug a few graves myself, though I'm unsure who ended up in it. Always loved to dig holes as a kid. I remembered my first contact with a post digger. I'd end up with a hole as deep as the handle and I could jump in and go below and use the post digger to come back out. Back then those holes turned into wilderness shelters. but growing I found out after measuring a casket at a Halloween party that hey... this could fit. 3ft by 8... though not as deep as this. I'd either hit rock or the water table. When the walls held, the deadman's view was the most calming feeling ever. Fear only starts setting in when the walls fell while I was in them. but yes, 4-5 ft deep, its nice and cool down there Where I live now a decent hole isn't possible. I can cut a hole down 5ft in one day, but it doesn't stay dry. during the rain season waters 14" below the surface, its just cave ins and mud
@MartinsGraveyard5 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Always nice to hear from a fellow gravedigger. Where are you from?
@shaofuchang5155 ай бұрын
Never dealt with human bodies, but spent a year in the college biology lab as an assistant injecting dye into arteries and veins and disposing of the meat wrecks that were once animals. Carcasses does give me a bit of curiosity. And I dig holes to put them in. I was born in Taiwan, bordered by mountains, full of rock and not very good digging material. Moved to the US when I was 8, 30 years ago. I found the post digger in high school, and found its really good exercise. Wherever there's a need for digging, I volunteered. the water tables the limit in a way for me. Beyond my day job and house duties, my favorite past time away from people is digging holes. foxholes, trenches, a few roomy holes I suppose could double as graves. I'm 6ft4, around 195cm. I've dug holes I could make an angel impression in it before, though the walls have to be shored up with corrugated steel. Its very weird thing for me to say it, when when I'm working on a hole my troubles disappear. all I am thinking of is the dimension, the smell of the dirt, the pain in my back and arms, but no human troubles. its a stress relief. If I was allowed acreage of clay and not the sand we have here and not have to work to bring in money, I'd tunnel in it all day. I can't do the things you do, I wish I can, but my gag reflex prevents me, even for dental work
@BRITISH87PATRIOT Жыл бұрын
When your dead your dead makes no difference if your bones are replaced somewhere else you'll never know lol. Brilliant insight Martin. Thank you for your hard work and all you put into your work 👍
@ericbeltrami2718 Жыл бұрын
And you wonder why the native Americans hate you people……..
@marksmith3991 Жыл бұрын
The Indians would beg to differ
@death215 Жыл бұрын
Nope because you are messing with the remains of the undead, once remains are disturbed they awaken from their rest
@bond0666 Жыл бұрын
You will find out
@richarddavis4378 Жыл бұрын
But any living family will do, if that was a close relative of mine I would be fuming. After only 28 years she could easily have close family alive still.
@lovetogun3611 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I am thinking like you my great great grandparents are still where they were placed so glad their remains are in place
@MultiKamil97 Жыл бұрын
This height of hole that he left is perfectly fine for another dead person so he didn't dig it deeper.
@nonakabyrd57599 ай бұрын
I find your job completely fascinating! Good for you! I understand the limitations of having a full graveyard. New Orleans continues a unique cemetery tradition: unlimited burials in tombs and plots. Shared and removal of the deceased. I love that she was decomposed enough to just leave her!❤
@MartinsGraveyard8 ай бұрын
Thanks. She was buried deep enough to leave her alone.
@krisjames427612 күн бұрын
How dreadful that this poor ladies grave was so disturbed. Terribly sad. May she be resting in peace. ❤
@Drago1995 Жыл бұрын
mother nature really takes us roots growing in our bodies, it's really returning to our mother
@melissagallinetti952111 ай бұрын
This is crazy to me! I am glad that this is not a practice in my country and I can easily find most of my loved ones back to the 1600s. I am keeping up some of the graves myself.
@racecar84738 ай бұрын
Louisiana ????
@fidelcatsro694811 күн бұрын
Wow 1600 grave still around? Antarctica?
@gossman75Ай бұрын
in 1996 I was diagnosed with schizophrenia and could have died several times from lack of care when diagnosed with that disease. so here I am watching to see what I would have looked like if I died!
@fidelcatsro694811 күн бұрын
Im glad youre still with us, may Allah grant you a good long life with good health, ameen!
@kenibnanak5554Ай бұрын
Good job. I am impressed by youjr speed. I have never buried a human, but I have buried pets and livestock. Experience has taught me that unless I wish to find the remains dug up and scattered about by coyotes or other animals attracted by the odor of decomposing flesh, the grave must be either navel deep (at least) from the carcass top, or covered with a few 80 pound bags of cement. I usually dig alone with a pointed shovel and a pick, so I feel I can be justified in admiring your speed. It usually takes me a day and a half (sometimes longer) before I can place or push the carcass of a Nubian goat or a hog into a finished hole and cover it. Sometimes longer depending on weather and other factors. I suspect that the soil you dig in is not virgin to a shovel helps. Here it is mostly clay soil and of course many roots (which is why I keep the shovel edges sharp or large rocks and buried boulders too. It is annoying to dig down knee deep and hit the top of a boulder possibly bigger than a school bus, but it happens and I will move the hole.. I usually place manageable rocks and boulders in a separate pile. They can be used later as a stone barrier when filling the hole. I also admire the neatness of the straight edges of your holes. I have never been able to get something dug so precisely rectangular by hand. There is almost always some irregularity in mine. Admittedly, some is probably due to my preference for pointed shovels and also I have no motivation to focus on neat holes and just getting something buried before the next heavy rain (can we say 'swimming hole?') or snow fall is usually my focus. I used to shovel dirt along side the hole, then move it back from the edge to prevent collapse as you do. Then I came up with put the dirt in a wheelbarrow straight from the hole, but some holes required multiple wheel barrels. My current method is lay out some wide plastic 10 mil plastic sheets around the hole edge. Then I dump the soil on that. A sheet along side both sides of the hole and one end usually suffices to keep me from having to move the dirt pile back. At the same time, especially if it rains or snows Knowing everything is on the plastic sheet, or in a wheelbarrow makes filling the hole back in go a little faster.And of course nearby turf is not dug up when recovering the hole.
@laus9953Күн бұрын
that seems a lot of animals you're burying. I always wondered what happens to dead animal bodies.. are there dedicated cemeteries for animals where you're burying them?
@cantaffordtodie Жыл бұрын
It never made sense to me how in the US we put our dead in an impenetrable coffin and then into a concrete vault to bury them. It should be a pine box that returns you to the earth.
@MartinsGraveyard Жыл бұрын
Don't forget the embalming.
@ianwilkinson5069 Жыл бұрын
I always joked about having my coffin filled with nails and broken glass. Be careful digging lol
@pinkkimig12 күн бұрын
My lord! This is another good reason why I will not be buried anywhere. You will be cursed messing with the wrong person. Ase and Rise In Power!
@ppgedez2 ай бұрын
Good job dude. I did smile when you had a little lie down in the hole at the end and filmed the trees it was a nice view.
@samuelstoner5651 Жыл бұрын
That was fascinating, and I thank you for the miserably hard work you had to do to bring this adventure to us! It reinforces my belief that cremation is the way to go.
@chanelgez2146 Жыл бұрын
exactly
@richardcranium3579 Жыл бұрын
Bingo
@bond0666 Жыл бұрын
You have lost the plot
@glenjarnold Жыл бұрын
My brother-in-law was Greek. When he died there, he was buried the same day. After 5 years it's mandatory in the area for the remains to be exhumed and placed in an ossuary, to make way for more recently departed. My sister, his parents and my nieces were required to attend the exhumation. My sister and nieces in particular found it quite upsetting.
@TheTwoFingeredBulldog Жыл бұрын
I understand about keeping green and all but that is truly horrifying.
@glenjarnold Жыл бұрын
@@TheTwoFingeredBulldog I can't imagine it myself either. Apparently there were still parts of the suit he wore when he was buried on his remains, and some hair on the scalp. I think I'd have passed out!
@varidian694 Жыл бұрын
You would think they would offer a legal loop hole to allow the family to just give permission and not be there
@glenjarnold Жыл бұрын
@@varidian694 I guess they could have just not gone but there would probably have been a hell of a fall out.
@varidian694 Жыл бұрын
@Glen Arnold in my culture we help to prepare our own dead if they die at home. I sat with both of my grandparents when they passed. And walked each of their bodies to the funeral car when they were collected after we took care of them and sat with them for several hours. But the idea of seeing them being dug up is too much even for me, having seen their dead bodies at length...
@Kernowyon19 күн бұрын
This channel really is fascinating.
@henkzaanstad225611 ай бұрын
You are a very Hard worker..and I Have Respect for you...Greetings from the Netherlands..Henk .
@tuckerdelay96562 жыл бұрын
That would creep me out touching the skeleton
@fidelcatsro694811 күн бұрын
Wait till you see Gaza, very sad😢
@saraoconnor6169 Жыл бұрын
This is common practice in Switzerland too. Graves are turned over after a certain amount of time as are interred ashes. They do it to make space for new ones. Have to say, their cemeteries are immaculate with beautiful ornate headstones. And not a weed in sight.
@jerrydonquixote5927 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
You get used to the smell pretty quick.
@laus9953Күн бұрын
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
@Grinlathak Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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.
@fidelcatsro694811 күн бұрын
World will start doing that as we get more and more and with less and less land..
@michelleheadley29113 күн бұрын
@@Proud2bmodestso basically you evict someone’s family after 20 years because their “rent” isn’t up to date?
@doreenandrew4229 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Oh my Gosh, did he have nightmares!
@clyde140611 ай бұрын
That's a tough job but you're a real pro at it! My respect.
@MartinsGraveyard11 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@PRR54065 күн бұрын
An unusual practice in the USA, pretty much out of my knowledge. You do a remarkable job and I appreciate the practice in Europe. Quite difficult for Americans to accept.
@maxwellcrazycat9204 Жыл бұрын
So much for "eternal rest". Nothing lasts forever.
@uNpOpuLArOpInION69 Жыл бұрын
8:14 i was very shocked about the perfect condition of this watch, then i realized you didn’t find it lol
@chrissimons9733 Жыл бұрын
Love watching your Video's. My job is running a crematorium which is the other side of what you do.
@fidelcatsro694811 күн бұрын
Its more pollutive and energy wasting
@michaelm5601 Жыл бұрын
Martin, you are doing a great job but you need a helper. In the US we use a back hoe that is slightly smaller an put the excess dirt a few grave away on two sheet of plywood and cover it with a grass rug. We don’t put a new deceased in the grave, you buy it and belongs to your family. I think your method is a better use of the land. I had family in Germany. In Germany the family is responsible for the care of the grave. Every thirty years you pay again if you family has the ability. Most graves are covered with Ivy and surrounded with cobble stones to make the maintenance as easy as possible. Some families plant flowers each spring before Easter.
@Rainmanpdt492 жыл бұрын
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?
@MartinsGraveyard2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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.
@TtrainInVain Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
concrete doesn't keep the body from contamination the soil as concrete is porous
@David49305 Жыл бұрын
@@TtrainInVain 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.
@rev.tommiestovall7541 Жыл бұрын
Don't you ever worry about making a spirit angry? I wouldn't want to bring something like that with me.
@MartinsGraveyard Жыл бұрын
No. The dead like me and know that I'm their pal.
@rev.tommiestovall7541 Жыл бұрын
@Martin the Maker Just remember to let them know what you are doing, and pray for them. You do a very difficult underappreciated job. Thank You
@MartinsGraveyard Жыл бұрын
@@rev.tommiestovall7541 They know. Thanks
@captainamerica6525 Жыл бұрын
@@MartinsGraveyard Hello Martin. Have you encountered the spirits of those you have exhumed? A feeling of being watched maybe?
@MartinsGraveyard Жыл бұрын
@@captainamerica6525 No, nothing like that.
@Tonygarry78 Жыл бұрын
I'm moving to Poland. This sounds like a great j-o-b!
@RatdogDRBАй бұрын
My father was born/raised in Kotzebue, Alaska (west coast, 33 miles above the Arctic Circle). In his community they dig the graves just after a person dies (ground frozen solid). 200 miles to the south in Nome, AK they store the remains until spring and do the digging after the ground thaws. Local customs can vary quite a bit within miles of one another. God bless you, young man.
@michaeldroege1898 Жыл бұрын
When I die I just want to be stood out in the garbage with my hat on. Happy holidays everyone!
@Wootangtw Жыл бұрын
Lol..
@laurelahlstrom8749 Жыл бұрын
Ha hahaha ha 👍☺️
@laus9953Күн бұрын
I want to be fed to the animals
@sammyday3341 Жыл бұрын
So much for “Rest in Peace”.
@bentruthuncovers9331 Жыл бұрын
Yup, end up with a crazy fool dancing all over your bones ..
@fidelcatsro694811 күн бұрын
Yes even in death theyre disturbed😮
@rockinrobin7105 Жыл бұрын
My hands would have so many blisters from digging
@pyciek22029 ай бұрын
I live in Poland and totally understand the grave-recycling things, since being interested in the funeral industry and cemetary business. It’s nice to see you treat the remains properly, with dignity to the deceased. Today I was cleaning the grave of my gf’s grandpa, who’s been buried a week before. I found a vertebra laying basically under the flowers, at the top of the hill from the ground. Horrifying. When we’re going to put a wooden box, i’m gonna search for another remains and bury them in the same ground, 20-30 cm down. It’s a shame that people treat remains so disrespectful.
@MartinsGraveyard9 ай бұрын
Thanks. You should take the remains to the office of the funeral home and demand refund. This is absolutely unacceptable. That's why I sift through every shovelful carefully, to prevent situations like that. They really messed up.
@bcoldgoalie2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating 👍
@shaneshelby9348 Жыл бұрын
If a person died in 1996 there coffin would still be there
@cindytyler2151Ай бұрын
@@shaneshelby9348 I believe it was made with particle board
@krashdАй бұрын
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.
@fidelcatsro694811 күн бұрын
Yes if you used some expensive stuff..
@lorenzowalker21302 ай бұрын
to know that everyone born will end up like this, is humbling yet scary for me.
@GnrMilligan Жыл бұрын
Girl in bar, " So what do you do for a living?" "Well......
@MartinsGraveyard Жыл бұрын
Now it's even better because I work at an anatomy departament and can tell that I cut people in different size pieces for a living. Not everyone is ready to hear that.
@markhoezee6292 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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.
@fidelcatsro694811 күн бұрын
@@carolhutchinson7763in my tiny republic graves are exhumed from plots after 15yrs and remains are collected labelled and placed in smaller concrete vaults
@chriscringle7740 Жыл бұрын
Strange how the roots seek out the body, as if feeding on it