Wash your hands and then go on about your day. You didn't defile a corpse, you disturbed a "final" resting place. The next rain would have done it anyways, nothing to worry about.
this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2025
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you disturbed a “final” resting place
This is how Stephen King novels start... Watch your back OP! :)
That's okay, it'll just be some unspeakable horror that follows them for revenge. Nothing to worry about there.
Hey leave OP alone, he just got the ashes on his/her hands and then ate his sandwhich. There's never ( 👀 ) been reprocussions for consuming the dead.. right?
alright thanks that helps a lot
Having scattered loved ones ashes before, I find this kind of funny. Once the embarrassment wears off, you may find it funny too.
The person wanted to be left up there where they were, and they may have been glad to share the spot with you while you had lunch.
Be sure to wash your britches though.
Crematorium ? then there's no corpse, there must have been ashes instead. Given it's a mountaintop, they've probably been scattered, if not by the relatives, at least by wind and rain. I understand your distress, but I think it's actually positive that this person still impacts the world, in a way, after they're gone. It impacted you, and then it impacted me. And who knows whom I'll tell this story next. You made that dead guy live on ! cheers
The corpse doesn't care. No damage is done.
Just be careful now to whom you tell your story :)
Wait......wait......wait
You brushed the dust BEFORE you ate your lunch? And since you're hiking I'm guessing you didn't wash your hands after you brushed away the dust?
Dude......I think you might have eaten some of someone's dead relative.
OHNO
You didn’t defile anything, if anything you fulfilled why they would have wanted their ashes scattered in that vicinity. They likely enjoyed that spot for the same reasons you did and would probably be glad that you found it too
What did you have for lunch?
a tiny bit of dead person, sounds like
Like others have said, you didn't do anything wrong. Maybe say a prayer or light a candle for the person and their family if you're the praying type, but otherwise, don't worry about it too much.