Redneck country
Growing up in the sticks always provided scope for corpse spotting, mostly animals all in.

Dead sheep a-plenty, sometimes just KO'ed on the spot and rapidly filling with corpse-gas, or in some more artistic attempts, painted over the road courtesy of local drivers; usually amounting to nothing more than a smear of crimson getting gradually thicker until it terminates in a gore-fest of shattered bone, hair and intestines. Invariably if this was down to you, you'd end up removing half a sheep from your wheel arch.

Saw an identical scenario in Midrand (between Joburg and Pretoria) one evening - hitchhiker had decided to try his luck (go figure), but got his head painted over 1/2km or so. Body looked in OK condition, but with a big smear where the head used to be. Worst thing there was the guy's belongings scattered all over the road. Creepy.

Hit a stag once in a works van, total write off and the driver never lived it down (like the post below). In one instance a road-warning sign for game was nicked from the side of the road and put up in his parking space. Last thing I saw before the shock set in during the crash was the corpse sliding at top-speed down the carriageway.

Brother in law also works for HMCG, and has seen his fair share of MisPers / floaters:

- The guy who drowned in ice-cold water and was found wearing what amounted to an "ice sombrero"
- A floater who was hooked into the boat for recovery; unluckily it hooked him under the chin so he was hauled in like a particularly ugly and bloated fish
- For some reason or another, witness to an exhumation; head of corpse falls off as it's being lifted out causing the attending copper to faint

Violent or accidental death never seems to be dignified.
(mymilkshakebringsallthemongstotheyard poison hearts, poison minds - joining hate, Wed 5 Mar 2008, 6:16, Reply)