[DuncanWaring]

Wouldn’t that cause a subsidence problem with the pole as the carcass decomposed?

[archy]

Wouldn’t that cause a subsidence problem with the pole as the carcass decomposed?

The closest thing I know of along the same line was the long-term disposal of a human body in a pile of creosoted railroad ties. After more than a decade in immediate contact, there seemed to be no effect from decomp.