Article from Caleb Wilde, CalebWilde.com
We first had the idea a couple years ago when our dog “Spock” died. Spock was a large dog … too large for my hubby (he’s got a bad back from a h.s. football injury) to bury him in our backyard. After three or four days and nights, Spock started to get musty, and the kids were complaining that he was leaking fluids on the floor, so we had to do something. We opened up the Weber, put in on low, shut the lid and the next morning Spock had been wonderfully “beamed up.”
At that time, we had Auntie Pearl and Uncle Pat living in our basement. Well, it was actually their basement … we were living with them as their caregivers. A couple days before Auntie Pearl died, she expressed to Uncle Pat that she wanted cremated. After day four of sitting in her chair, she was getting musty and uncle Pat was starting to complain. We didn’t want to spend the $$$ on a traditional funeral and then “Spock” jumped to mind.
After about four or five different prototypes and tries, we finally got Auntie Pearl situated.
Realizing that Uncle Pat would be next, my husband spent the next couple months perfecting his DIY Crematory.
This is the end result:
We spent $900 on the casket (we thought it looked more respectful with a casket), and the rest we found laying around our yard.
My hubby put wheels on it so that we can travel and provide our services to other relatives and friends.
It even doubles as a Bar-B-Que. This past weekend for Labor Day we roasted a pig and had all the neighbors over for some Pork BBQ. It was a hit.
UPDATE: Since posting this, Uncle Pat has died. The DIY Crematory worked perfectly. He was a large man, so from start to finish, it took 10 hours (Aunt Pearl took around eight hours), but we saved nearly $1200.
That is wrong on so many levels!!! Glad to know that Alabama doesn’t have the corner on oddball, redneck “inventions”!!
I assume this is a hoax/”joke” piece. In my mind it does not belong on this site.
UPDATE: Here’s a news source that’s covering this story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
Really???? I agree with BT Hathaway – I am removing myself from this list.
This is a disgusting story and if I were the admin person I’d take it down. It hurts the credibility of your site.
These two stories might as well be the same. http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/359881-dead-womans-relatives-barbecue-her-body
I like you Caleb…that’s why I’m not leaving your site…I do agree with Hathaway though…I pray this is a hoax and it does hurt your sites credit…Also; understand “We” are our worst critic and I wonder what general public is to think…scary !
Surely there are regulations against this type of thing!!! You should put a disclaimer with the artilcle as to the validity of it! Others reading it might think it is true and being endorsed by your site.
This is quite possibly the most tasteless piece I have seen on here or have read, in general, in a while. Obviously, this is just a tacky joke??
Caleb, I like your work. With that being said, I wish you had taken more time to think prior to publishing this piece. I would assume this is a joke, based upon the news report link supplied in the comments. If you had mentioned in the first paragraph or closing that this relates to a news story than I would have reflected more on your words and the point you were trying to make. I find this article quite abhorrent. As we all know, should this reach the wrong hands and be taken out of context, it could have dire consequences to both your character, employer, and your employment. I expect more from you.