No, not at all Tssiemer, Dr Bass is a visionary. Due to his foresight and diligence there are body farm's in several states now. The knowledge gained from the various experiments at the Body Farm for decades have been the catalyst for the solution of many unanswered questions in crime scene investigations and prosecutions, etc.
One of Dr Bass's students has even created a MAN-MADE CADAVER DOG..
The LABRADOR (Light-weight Analyzer for Buried Remains And Decomposition ... (ORNL) senior researcher and forensic expert Arpad A. Vass who obtained his PhD from the University of Tennessee in anthropology;
You won’t see this dog curled up by the fire, or wagging its tail. But it will find a bone, lots of them. LABRADOR (Light-weight Analyzer for Buried Remains And Decomposition Odor Recognition) is a hand-held device developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) senior researcher and forensic expert Arpad A. Vass. The unit is capable of “sniffing” decomposing bodies buried in graves as deep as 3.5 feet below the surface, which is actually about a foot deeper than the average clandestine burial site.
LABRADOR can not only pick up the scent emitted from a dead body, it can analyze that odor and tell the operator how much of it is present, something its four-legged counterparts cannot do. This added information can aid the searcher in pinpointing the precise location of the remains.
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