Caitlin Doughty thinks that scaphism is the "worst" way to die.
Caitlin Doughty reveals the worst way to die
The 38-year-old mortician has amassed thousands of YouTube subscribers and published a variety of books on the topic of death since starting up her online career and explained that the ancient Persian method of fatal torture known as scaphism - in which the victim was placed between two boats, fed and covered with milk and honey, and end up fed to insects over time - is a prticuarly grim way to go.
During a Q and A session, she said: "Cross-culturally, the bad death tends to be somewhat the same - it's tragic and unexpected, a suicide, a homicide, a terrible accident. For the survivors, the worst thing could be when the body is never found and funeral and mourning rituals can't be performed. First, your body is stripped naked and you're put between two hollowed-out logs with your head and limbs sticking out. Then they pour honey all over you and force you to ingest honey which attracts insects."
The 'Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs' author went on to add that the victim would eventually sucum to dehydration and sock.
"Then they leave you in a stagnate pond to be slowly eaten - but they come back every day to forcibly feed you more milk and honey so you don't die right away, eventually succumbing to exposure, dehydration, shock and delirium."