Stiff Corpse

Stiff Corpse

"Now I want to ask my brothers. How long would it take to appear stiff a corpse?"

"Two docking hours!"

"It was good for the Sultan. Can you explain to your friends, what do you know about stiff corpses?"

"Emm.. as far as I know the stiff corpse begins two hours after death, starting with the eyelids first as the smallest muscle in the body, then the entire body muscle will be stiff after 6 hours, and then the rest of the body muscles will be stiff after 6 hours, and for 12 hours then a stiff corpse will be preserved, and then the decay begins"

"Perfect haha. indeed a stiff corpse will always appear, as one of the three sure signs of death. But younger brothers, sometimes there are bodies that do not show rigid bodies... It's a corpse that meng..."

"Doc... Docs... Doctor son.. wake up son..."

The sunlight shone into my eyes. I opened my eyes heavily, glaring. Uh who woke me up? I faintly saw the face of an old mother who was looking at me anxiously. Oh Miss Kades!

I found myself asleep in the doctor's room. Bu Kades looked at me worriedly, along with some of the village youths who were taking care of my wounds. I survived!

I tried to get up, but my head was so dizzy. I could only fall down when Miss Kades took care of my wounds. It was early in the morning before noon, the sunlight was quite dazzling to me, highlighting from the window of the doctor's room, how long had I been asleep? The last thing I remember I hid in the doctor's room. Oh what about those bodies?

This time I strengthened myself to get up. Despite the pain, –Bu Kades also prevented me - I kept getting up from the bed and heading for the window. I looked down, towards the puskesmas field. There I saw some people who were holding the father's body with a rope. The body was no longer headed, someone must have beheaded it. Although dozens of residents tied their hands with a rope –lalu dropped his body to the ground with the corpse continues to fight and thrash, even though his movement is now so weak. Of course, it was almost 12 hours after his death. Looks like the body's been removed. What about the dead body of her daughter?

My guess is correct... All of this has to do with a stiff corpse. This curse works when rigor mortis occurs in the body of the corpse. Stiffness of the corpse begins in the muscles of the eyelids are stiff, therefore every dead corpse is always closed both eyes. This is in accordance with the story of Mas Joko about the first undead incident in this village. The eyes of the mother's corpse were open, and could not be closed. Then the rigidity of the corpse began 2 hours after death, this corresponds to all the corpses I've met and told you about. The bodies of the Women who killed themselves, the bodies of the old Grandpa who called, the bodies of this Father and his son, as well as other bodies told by Mas Joko, they all rose after approximately 2 hours after death. This is all related!

Only the body of this father who experienced the phase of "rising" early. It is caused by Cadaveric spasm, a condition in which the stiffening of the corpse progresses faster than usual. Cadaveric spasm usually occurs in deaths that are preceded by strenuous physical activity or high temperatures. The body of the father, after killing his son, he fled into the forest and chased the police. Can imagine how much physical activity received by his muscles. The Cadaveric spasm process also eventually speeds up the duration of the muscle stiffness itself. The muscles of the corpse will be squeezed faster than usual. That's why I was able to fight back against that father's body last night. Luckily for me, his auto stiff ended quickly because of Cadaveric spasm.

This stiff muscle is driven by some sort of black force, so that the corpses in this village can move, this is the principle of the curse, in my opinion. It was only fitting that their movements were stiff, and their strength was many times greater than when alive. Well, there's no more plausible explanation than this.

I limped out of the doctor's room and rushed down the stairs. I was in a hurry because in the field earlier I saw there were old grandfathers who wore all black clothes, complete with necklaces and keris on his waist. Grandpa was having a serious conversation with Mr. Kades. I have to meet the Shaman and Mr. Kades, I have to tell you about this curse theory on both of them.

When I got to the mouth of the stairs, I still took the time to turn to the laboratory. My face was sad, I still saw Mas Joko's corpse lying there. Looks like the young men of the village haven't moved it yet.

When I got outside I was so shocked. Not only because more people were seen coming, but the presence of police officers who were colleagues of Mr. Hendra, helped to secure the situation. Seen several police officers shoulder to shoulder with residents tie the entire body of the father's body. There were also some policemen picking up the head of the body. I swear I still saw that head growling when it was put in a body bag. Another crowd was seen busy moving the girl's body into another body bag.

I kept walking towards the two of them, even though I was stumbling. It seemed like they were chatting so seriously that they were unaware of my presence. Though other residents were so surprised to see my condition full of wounds, walking in the middle of the field. I ventured into greeting, cutting off their serious chatter. Suddenly the two of them were shocked, seeing this stray man was able to walk from the health center to get closer to the front of the police ambulance, where they both chatted.

The old shaman, with a face full of wounds from the events of 19 years ago, greeted me kindly. That shaman was also one of the people who saved me. Through his reflection, he felt a supernatural thing happen last night. The shaman then approached Mr. Kades, who was also worried about getting a short miscall from my phone in the early hours of the morning. Then accompanied by some residents, they went to the puskesmas at dawn. They then called out to more residents, after smelling the smell of blood from the puskesmas.

They have all saved me, a sinful villager, who 19 years ago killed that good shaman, and started this curse. I know they're bad guys, but they saved me this time. I then began to explain to the Shaman and Mr. Kades, my views on the principle of this curse, about the stiffening of the corpse, and some ideas to overcome it.