Exposure to methane gas led to the deaths of four family members and a farmhand, but whether they suffocated from the fumes or drowned in 18 inches of liquefied cow manure may never be known, authorities said.

No autopsies were planned, in part because investigators believed the deaths on a Rockingham County dairy farm were accidental, said Capt. J.B. Wittig of the county sheriff’s department. Authorities said they could not rule out the possibility that the five drowned or died of another cause.

“It was very, very quick,” Wittig said of the deaths.

One can only hope. Yikes.

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