What a wonderful question!
I've got a character who's in need of digging something up. A coffin, to be more precise. The scene is set in winter, so I'm unsure of just how difficult this scenario might be. The weather is certainly cold, and it's been snowing for the past few nights. I'm wondering if, on average, the ground would actually be too frozen to dig? We're going with single manpower and a shovel. Would rain help soften the ground?
The point is to see if a body is actually in the coffin, so would it be possible to smell any decomposition after they start digging, or do coffins normally help safeguard that? The coffin's about eight months in the ground. I'm trying to decide if my characters actually need to open it up.
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I've got a character who's in need of digging something up. A coffin, to be more precise. The scene is set in winter, so I'm unsure of just how difficult this scenario might be. The weather is certainly cold, and it's been snowing for the past few nights. I'm wondering if, on average, the ground would actually be too frozen to dig? We're going with single manpower and a shovel. Would rain help soften the ground?
The point is to see if a body is actually in the coffin, so would it be possible to smell any decomposition after they start digging, or do coffins normally help safeguard that? The coffin's about eight months in the ground. I'm trying to decide if my characters actually need to open it up.
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