What does a dead animal smell like?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sat behind a parent last night at a sporting event and kept smelling a terrible,
moldy,mothballesque odor. Initially thought perhaps a dead animal was under the bleachers - nearly gag inducing (fully admit I am hypersensitive to smells) but then the odor vanished when he did.

Maybe he had a rotten toe from diabetes.

[Anonymous]

In my experience- we have had squirrels trapped under our roof- once you’re asking “what does a dead animal smell like?”, you’re smelling a dead animal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know if anything really smells like dead animals except dead animals. It is so unpleasantly unique. Simply unforgettable.

This. We had a deer die in our fully fenced backyard once and it took a few days to be able to remove it. Just walking into the backyard was gag including by the 3rd day. Nothing else smells like a large rotting dead body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my experience- we have had squirrels trapped under our roof- once you’re asking “what does a dead animal smell like?”, you’re smelling a dead animal.

This is the correct answer. If it’s a strong, pungent, foul odor that you can’t identify as something else it’s probably rotting flesh of some sort.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think dead creatures smell like mushrooms, but they do have a super strong, off-putting scent, and that scent is unmistakable once you smell it.

Like once you smell it you won't say, oh is that mushrooms or a dead animal/body? You will know the difference.

This. I can only say it smells like death. It is just so … unique. You will not forget once you know it.