It has been for thousands of years, a common misconception that after death the hair and nails on the human body continue to grow. As it turns out, as the body decays, the skin begins to recede from nail beds and hair follicles, making it appear that the hair and nails are continuing to grow.
I was watching Resident Evil and somewhere towards the end of it, the computer is explaining something and starts the explanation off by stating that hair and nails continue to grow etc.
That movie was made last year. I mean, the whole premise behind the movie is far fetched, so I suppose they could have been taking artistic license. But movies like that are much scarier the more believable they are. So… who knows. Maybe they need to have more creative researchers. Or more creative writers.
Either way… my question is… Who sat around watching bodies decay long enough to decide that the hair and nails continued to grow. I mean… That’s been thought to be true for thousands of years… So I suppose that someone might not have had anything better to do.
But…
Who sat around recently watching bodies decay long enough to realise that it was the decay making it look like things continued to grow.
Seek help.