SASKATOON, SK—While proud of his creativity and grasp of the scientific method, Walter Murray Collegiate biology teacher Alice Krumroy is unsure whether she should ask Lucas Sutherland how he acquired a human cadaver for his winning science fair project.

"He's my brightest student, so it's no surprise that Lucas won First Place," said Krumroy, who teaches Sutherland's Grade 11 Accelerated Biology class. "It was a surprise, however, to see him present a project that relied so heavily on the use of actual human tissue."

"Don't get me wrong, the science was sound," she added. "I just don't know where you even get a human corpse. When I asked the company that supplies our dissection frogs to see if they knew, they hung up."

According to Krumroy, the most confounding aspect of Sutherland's project was how unnecessary the cadaver was to the experiment itself.

"He was testing the impact of earthworms in organic decomposition," said the teacher in reference to the winning project, titled Global WORM-ing: The Impact Of Worms On Climate Change.

"Not that a human body doesn't count as organic matter. Obviously it does," she added with nervous laughter. "It's just that regular food scraps would have probably worked just as well, right? ...Right?!"

Sutherland, who serves as Drama Club Treasurer and runs JV Cross-Country in addition to his busy class schedule, did not provide many details when reached for comment.

"Ms. Krumroy said all of our experiments had to have a control to limit variables and create more reliable results," said Sutherland with his blue First Place ribbon pinned to the front of his hoodie. "And what could be more reliable and than a single human body of average weight and height? You could repeat this experiment any day of the week and get the same results."

When asked directly about the source for his cadaver, Sutherland shrugged before saying he "asked around."

According to the information printed on his three-panel display board, Sutherland observed that "the presence of eisenia fetida earthworms was more effective in limiting methane byproduct from organic decomposition" than in cases without, as per his original hypothesis.

"At least in cases when the organic matter is a human corpse, which you will recall is what I used," the report concluded ominously.

Also winning prizes at this year's science fair were Nate McGraw's H2Oh My - What's Up With Water, Y'all?! and Tooth Decay: Re-Thinking What You're Drinking by Sophie Woodard. A special achievement prize was awarded to Stan McDonald for his badass papier-mâché volcano.