If I wanted to fossilize myself...

(after my natural death, please)

First of all, are there any legal hurdles?

That settled, how hard would it be? Can I make a small pocket of fossil friendly soil anywhere, or does that need to be a large area/volume?

Say I wanted to offer it as an option in my cemetery/funeral home, could I have a mixed lot with some people interred traditionally and some going for fossilization?

Is there any way to speed up the process?

Cecil speaks !

Grasshopper, immerse yourself in the writings of the Perfect Master:

How can I get myself fossilized?

Good. It sounds like lithified is what I want. A century or two is a lot less time than I thought, so we are good in that sense.

The two big questions remain. How big a patch of appropriate soil would I need? and are there any laws against it? I am guessing no, since you cannot get more destructive than cremation.

Would we really need soil? I’m thinking we could do it hydroponically.

Talk to a lawyer. They have strict laws about how a human body must be handled after death. For example, in most jurisdictions you can’t just bury dad in the backyard…