SKINNED ALIVE - The Most Horrific Death (Explained)
SKINNED ALIVE - The Most Horrific Death (Explained)
Skinned Alive, also known as flaying is one of the worst and most horrific ways to die.
The victims Experience excruciating pain and horror.
In medieval times, flaying was one of the forms of execution used in eliminating traitors.
The earliest notable records of people Skinned alive was around 800- 911 BC, with most nations involving the practice into their culture at one time or the other.
Greece, China, ancient Assyrian empires, all practiced flaying at one time in their culture.
Even Ancient Aztecs in Mexico practiced flaying during ritual human sacrifices, and after their sacrifices have been made.
The whole process involves the ripping apart of the skin from the body, while the victim is still breathing and remains conscious the entire time.
Skinning alive consisted of different techniques, as practiced by different cultures during the time it was widely used as a form of execution.
Different techniques that were used, included slashing and peeling of the skin starting from the buttocks, sometimes under the lower legs or the face.
Victims were kept under the sun in some cases to soften the skin, or boiled in hot water for a few minutes before been skinned alive.
After the whole process, the victim experiences shock, suffers pain, nerve damage occurs, suffers hypothermia, excess blood is lost, and death follows.
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