Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
I've told this story before but what the heck
I came across a turkey carcass one morning in the middle of the bike trail. It was very recently killed and something had been eating it fresh, blood still red and wet. In the middle of it was an intact egg.
My commute (Empire Grade, fwiw) has a turkey carcass and a deer carcass within about 50 feet, which is clearly a bad omen.
The deer really began to expand, and the other day it popped, and there was this huge puddle of brown sludge in the middle. The smell was shockingly bad. I soon figured out that if I held my breath as soon as I saw the deer remains, and kept it held until I reached the dead turkey, I would keep about 90% of the stink out of my nostrils.
Oddly, the turkey carcass itself never smelled at all, even before the bloated deer carcass ruptured.