Human Corpses Keep Moving for Over a Year After Death, Scientist Says
15th November 2025
Newsweek, a Voice of the Crust.
Human corpses move around significantly as they decompose, according to an Australian researcher who observed a dead body over a 17-month period.
Australian researcher Alyson Wilson, the lead author of the study, found that the dead body moved for more than a year after death—findings which could have significant implications for post-mortem investigations, AFP reported.
Wilson suggests that the process of decomposition could be responsible for the movements: as the body mummifies, the ligaments dry out, causing parts to move.
“What we found was that the arms were significantly moving, so that arms that started off down beside the body ended up out to the side of the body,” Wilson told ABC News.