Great username/post combo. Sounds like a failed business model.
First time I saw this joke was in old, like old, Art Linkletter’s Kids Say the Darndest Things book.
Well, you are legally required to get permission of the landowner to do ANYTHING on private land, like… walking on it, unless there is a specific easement. I didn’t really think I had to mention that it’s illegal to trespass on private property and litter it with human cremains.
When my dad was dying, my parents discussed what he wanted done with his remains. His first choice was to have his ashes scattered in his old garden plot, but my parents had sold the house, and they felt it would be awkward to ask the new owners. So they picked a different spot, which didn’t require the permission of strangers who might be freaked out by the request. I mean, no one in the family actually researched the legality of trespassing in the old backyard because… well, it was obviously not appropriate. Some of those ashes are in MY garden, however. Which didn’t require any special permission or permitting.
I’ve never looked into the details of getting permission for state or federal land, but it seems to generally be possible. Most of the places where it’s not allowed are places that would be overly popular, and where either the raw quantity of ashes or the released nutrients could cause problems. I guess “public beaches” are a place where it’s not allowed most likely for the “ick” factor.
Yeah, definitely a place that is too popular. That being said, while Disney is extremely aggressive about cleaning up scattered ashes on their properties, as best as I can tell they do it discreetly, and they don’t tend to prosecute people who do it. Littering private property is obviously a BAD THING TO DO, but it sounds like an awful lot of people “get away” with doing that in the haunted mansion every year.
What is it about the haunted mansion that it’s a popular place to scatter ashes?
999 happy haunts, but they’re looking for one more.
And I have heard of APs being canceled and people getting banned.
My BIL swears his best friend - since dead of diabetes - after his leg was amputated, had it cremated and dumped HIS OWN ashes over the bleacher wall at Wrigley Field (DEFINITELY forbidden), 
But also NOT the only ashes ever dumped at Wrigley Field. In the case of Steve Goodman there was even actual permission received to do that.
dennisdreams, if you like, I could ask my father some of this – he’s a funeral director.
My the ashes former neighbor’s husband and are both in Puget Sound, arranged with Washington State Ferries.
MrsRico and I didn’t rush back from Guatemala for my mom’s services so a sister threw her ashes into Oregon’s Rogue River without permission, the scofflaw. Our late pets’ ashes are buried under trees on the land where they died. MrsRico’s parents’ ashes are under a tree at their old home. I expect my own ashes to be left in a coat pocket and lost during dry-cleaning, or mixed with dog food and returned to the soil indirectly. Whatever.
This is now one of my top three choices.
Well, Steve Goodman in Chicago? I can see the Cubbies being okay with that.