Talk:Inugami/@comment-24.18.92.122-20161115232341

Whenever I see someone buried up to their neck, I think how hard it would be to do that. I was trained as an archaeologist and so have spent a good amount of time digging deep pits of various sizes. You can't just dig a narrow person-sized hole straight down. If you did, you would have to get into it to make it deep enough, and then you'd have a heck of a time digging, not to mention getting out again. So you have to dig a fairly large hole, and then fill it in while your victim obligingly stands there and lets you do it. Or, your victim is out cold, in which case they can't stand up, which creates a whole new set of problems.

So, how do they do it? You could dig a bigger hole, then fill it in partially by shoring up the sides of the small hole with lumber or something, so that you have a small hold to drop you victim in, but I doubt that's part of the ancient Japanese tradition.

Maybe the victim isn't standing up, but sitting on a "seat." Then you'd just have to dig a rectangular hole a few feet deep with a smaller hole at one end for the feet and lower legs. Your victim could even be unconscious while you fill it in. That might work. ..