If you decapitate someone and throw the head in a river...

[L A Woman]

would the head float???

I am trying to get rid of decapitated head.

(In my script!)

[Pierre.Suave]

1. LOL

theres only one good way to find out for sure.

edit, no I don't think it would.

[mockmonkey]

2. I'll guess that, yes it will

Letterman should try that one out on his show. I wonder if Regis is available.

[n2doc]

3. Probably not

Head has a lot of bone. Of course, if the person were really fat, it might make a difference.

Maybe the plot treatment would be to put the head in a bag with a brick....

[L A Woman]

5. hmmmm

at some point the audience has to SEE the face because it's important to the story that they know who this is....but i think you're right. the skull is too heavy....i think it would sink. good.

thanks!!!

[sce56]

4. Only if you throw it in the center of the cement channel the rest is to dry!

[Little Wing]

6. Severed heads have their own quantum behavior

they are typically submersive objects most of the time, but when an observer gets close enough they will rise to the surface.

This is what the movies and crime shows have taught me, anyway

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. Sure, "script."

:P

[SPKrazy]

8. No

:shrug:

I think it is too heavy

although there is a lot of hollow space

if a lot of brain matter leaves it might float for a bit

however, it will sink.

:shrug:


JMO

[itsmesgd]

9. they will float in salty water or fresh water once the brain begins to rot

bacteria that eats the body tissue during decomposition releases gas and unless it is vented out of the nose or mouth via a rupture of membranes it will float.

research the "body farm" in Knoxville. It is where the forensic school tests the various states of decay in the human body. They leave bodies to rot in all kinds of different scenarios and document the effects.

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. I would think that it would become water logged, sink , and then maybe

pop back up sometime around the 14th chapter. :hi:

[Bunny]

11. Well, on the Sopranos, when Tony killed Ralphie and Christopher

cut his head off, they had to put the head in a bowling bag before they threw it in the quarry. I imagine they knew what they were doing.

[KitchenWitch]

12. Are you throwing it in the L.A. River?

:hi:

[Cabcere]

13. Note to self:

Never, EVER get on L A Woman's bad side. :scared: :P

:hi:

[dysfunctional press]

14. on a similar note- if you string up some piano wire across a snowmobile trail-

yadda, yadda, yadda...

how do you get the head out of the helmet? it's a nice one, and i'd like to be able to use it myself...(umm- the helmet, not the head)

[sce56]

16. Humm what if they wear it like this!

[Chan790]

17. Spring water and lye.

leave upside down for about a week then you can hose the helmet out. Let it sit full of water for another week, changing the water daily. Finally, get the liners professionally cleaned.

Just a wild guess.

[dysfunctional press]

18. i was thinking about a five-gallon bucket full of maggots...

once the ears and most of the flesh are gone,it should slide out pretty easy.

i'm just afraid that using lye might ruin the lining.

[mitchum]

15. Sometimes

[XemaSab]

19. At first it would float because there is a lot of soft tissue lighter than water

But then later it would sink.

Good times.

[TOhioLiberal]

20. I knew this sounded familiar...

Someone asked this question before...http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=1960486&mesg_id=1960486
:rofl:

[L A Woman]

21. OMG, that was two and a half years ago...

good memory!!!

but maybe slightly disturbing that two DUers were wondering about that. :-)

[TOhioLiberal]

22. The only reason I remembered is...

...my reaction to this thread was the same as that one...'...is there something you want to tell us?' :rofl:

[MrSlayer]

23. Drill a few holes in the skull and it will sink.

You don't want to leave any air pockets.

[rug]

24. If it belonged to a republican it is too dense to float.

[Cobalt-60]

25. It depends

A lean, skeletal head would in all probability sink.
Fat jowls, however might provide buoyancy enough to keep it near the surface.