The University of Tennessee’s forensic research center made Popular Science magazine’s list of top summer destinations for “Geek Getaways,” but officials really don’t want tourists to visit.
The University of Tennessee’s forensic research center made Popular Science magazine’s list of top summer destinations for “Geek Getaways,” but officials really don’t want tourists to visit.
Representatives at the school’s Body Farm — its official name is the Anthropology Research Facility — where human corpses are allowed to decompose and are studied, say they constantly refuse public requests for tours.
“I could work probably 20 hours a day, seven days a week doing nothing but showing people the Body Farm,” said Dr. Bill Bass, founder of the Body Farm. “We have just hundreds of requests.”