# Freezing a human body

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-a-human-body/640069>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 6, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-a-human-body/640069 "2012-11-06T13:27:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-a-human-body/640069/21 "2012-11-08T19:00:43Z")

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> [@Seanette](#):
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> (studying upright freezer) That could work if the shelves and contents came out, but it would take a lot of muscle to stuff someone in there and keep them there long enough to get the door shut.

I grew up on the farm. Everyone had a [chest-type freezer](http://www.lowes.com/pd_376988-83-FCM25SBWW_4294857903__?productId=3558614&Ns=p_product_price%7C1). I felt like I was finally a real grown-up when I had my own freezer! Way, way easier to put a body (or a freshly-butchered hog, or half a beef - we usually split one with another family,) into a chest freezer. The upright freezer was always for frozen fruit, vegetables, and nuts.

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**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-a-human-body/640069/22 "2012-11-08T20:34:35Z")

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Being short, I fear falling into a chest freezer while attempting to reach the bottom layer.

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**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-a-human-body/640069/23 "2012-11-08T23:23:26Z")

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My short and top-heavy aunt solved that problem by nailing a pair of her old combat boots (retired USMC) to the floor in front of her freezer. Funny, but ingenious!

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**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-a-human-body/640069/24 "2012-11-09T03:45:23Z")

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Clever woman.

Of course, as clutter-prone as we are around here, a chest freezer would quickly be rendered inaccessible by stuff piled on it.

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-a-human-body/640069/25 "2012-11-09T15:17:23Z")

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> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#):
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> My short and top-heavy aunt solved that problem by nailing a pair of her old combat boots (retired USMC) to the floor in front of her freezer. Funny, but ingenious!

Once a Marine, always a Marine!

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