webfact Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Corpse found floating in the sea off Hua Hin Picture: Sanook Water police were notified yesterday after fishermen found a dead man floating in the sea four nautical miles off Hua Hin. The man - who had tattoos on both the left and right shoulders - was decomposing and had been dead about five days. He was taken to Hua Hin ferry terminal then to Hua Hin Hospital for autopsy. Police are keeping an open mind about what happened to him. Missing persons' lists are being studied. Source: Sanook -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-02-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 5 days? Rather exact considering that a body only pops up after 3 or 4 days in warm salt water. Once surfaced, it attracts scavenger bird and fish alike who will chew off the soft tissue. After a few days that's it, and the chemical destruction combined with soaking is such that the body starts to break apart under normal wave action, even in the relatively calm water. Once the body starts disintegrating, the bloated organs (lungs, stomach, bladder) leak and the body loses buoyancy and the body turns to mush. The bones fall off and down they go after 10-14 days. If they are certain it's 5 days, then that's a body in fairly decent shape so they can get a photo for identification purposes, minus the eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TumblinDice Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 2 hours ago, geriatrickid said: 5 days? Rather exact considering that a body only pops up after 3 or 4 days in warm salt water. Once surfaced, it attracts scavenger bird and fish alike who will chew off the soft tissue. After a few days that's it, and the chemical destruction combined with soaking is such that the body starts to break apart under normal wave action, even in the relatively calm water. Once the body starts disintegrating, the bloated organs (lungs, stomach, bladder) leak and the body loses buoyancy and the body turns to mush. The bones fall off and down they go after 10-14 days. If they are certain it's 5 days, then that's a body in fairly decent shape so they can get a photo for identification purposes, minus the eyes. Well done Quincy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirocco Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 He must be the medical examiner of the "geriatric" club of HUA HIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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