Why do people who get buried have to be buried 6 feet or more under?

Question

just wondering

Answer 1

It started back when it was common for animals to dig up graves that were too shallow.

Answer 2

This has been asked and answered many times. Originally 6 feet deep was determined to deter most scavengers from digging to eat the body. This tradition has carried on until now.

Answer 3

I don't fancy the things about things standing up from the grave. Because last Tuesday I took flowers to my mother's grave. I always do that on my birthday, instead of remembering her death I go there on special days. Well I tell you I was standing there praying and reflecting and all of a sudden, I had this weired thought that my mum's hand was going to poke up thought the ground it felled real. I quickly finish what i was saying and ran off.That never happened to me before and I hope it doesn't happen to me again.

Answer 4

The law in MOST states is that there has to be AT LEAST 18 inches of dirt above the coffin/vault. Having dug many graves, not one was 6 feet deep because I could stand in the bottom (while leveling it out) and still pull myself out (I'm 5'6")
(once was a cemetery..whoops...MEMORIAL GARDEN supervisor)

Answer 5

Someone crazy could put them out of their graves if they weren't buried deep. Or a physical disaster could do the same. Or it harms the envirmonment if they are not buried deep enough

Answer 6

Like what the others have said, so scavengers don't get them. Again, I'm sorry to hear about your brother, and That @$$ needs to grow up with their comment about the whole "standing up thing."
God Bless, and don't worry about losers like that.

Answer 7

Its cause most people are about 6 feet tall or less and if they are buried that deep and suddenly stand up we won't be able to see them and get all kinds of scared.

Answer 8

It's the law.