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Randy D

Exactly how deep must one dig a makeshift final resting place in order that it won’t be considered a “shallow” grave?


[Of course, I’m just asking this for a friend who has no internet access due to a court order. I do not personally involve myself in those types of activities. (Cough, cough.)]


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Posted - January 14, 2021
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  • 17595
    Seems like four feet would be deep enough. 
      January 14, 2021 9:05 PM MST
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  • 53509

     

      Thank you. I certainly My friend will certainly appreciate hearing from a voice of experience. 

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      January 14, 2021 11:28 PM MST
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  • I think 1,5 metres is the minimum depth that is recommended for a grave.
      January 14, 2021 11:09 PM MST
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  • 53509

     

      That’s very good to know. You realize, of course, that this now makes you an accomplice. 

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      January 14, 2021 11:29 PM MST
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  • I'm tired now.  It's your turn to dig.  Who's in that trash bag?
      January 14, 2021 11:35 PM MST
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  • 53509

     

      I can’t keep track of all the different trash bags and who is in which one! It’s been a busy week, you know! Ok, I’ll take over the digging, but you have to trade places with me and be the lookout. I don’t want another Park Ranger stumbling upon us like that last time. Grrrrrrr. 

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      January 14, 2021 11:43 PM MST
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  • 423
    And you need to know this why, exactly?
      January 15, 2021 7:31 AM MST
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  • 53509

     

      To pass the information along to my friend. 

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      January 15, 2021 7:55 AM MST
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  • 423
    Ah, that friend. Well, say hi to that friend for me - and tell him that, just for the record, I vigorously turn over my vegetable patch each and every spring, and were I to find someone quietly decomposing there who wasn't actually paying rent, there'd be hell to pay (if the scenario plays out as feared, my accountant will provide you, the accessory before the fact, all the necessary details, to pass on to your friend, including that small bonus for yours truly in consideration of his keeping his mouth shut).    
      January 15, 2021 8:47 AM MST
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  • 53509

     

      I’m just an intermediary, I’ve been granted full immunity in return for cooperating with the investigation. 

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      January 15, 2021 8:51 AM MST
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  • 44608
    Just deep enough to prevent wildlife from digging it up.
      January 15, 2021 11:16 AM MST
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  • 53509

     

      That’s what I’m my friend is asking, how many feet down?
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      January 15, 2021 1:18 PM MST
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  • 44608
    I would estimate maybe a meter. 
      January 15, 2021 2:06 PM MST
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  • 34266
    6 ft
      January 15, 2021 2:21 PM MST
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  • 8214
    6 feet with a concrete slab on top so the coffin will not come to the surface in a heavy rain and animals will not be able to dig them up. 
      January 17, 2021 8:07 AM MST
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  • 53509

     

      Concrete slab, coffin?  You’re sort of new at this, it really shows.

    :)

      January 17, 2021 9:24 AM MST
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