It was a corpse.
sharethank you. I had to watch that part like 3 times and never understood... it was a head? a hand?
shareSo yes, it was a corpse. But what is the point of this? Are we to believe that the prior resident dug the same hole and was buried down there? Possible but very odd. He entered quirk-ville by digging the hole. Not sure why every "host" would dig a 20 foot hole right there, nor why he would dig a hole right where the last host was buried, nor why in fact the last host would be there at all (as these aliens can rebuild a complete house in a day and have mastered alternate universes or dimensions -- why are they letting corpses clutter up the ground).
shareI agree, some coincidence that Tom threw his cigarette butt just at the spot where the corpse was.
I imagine the same happened to the previous resident and will to the next couple who enter the shop at the end.
Also the grass "burned" in a strange way like it just vanished
I thought it was himself.
In an endless cycle.
Otherwise how do you expect the next guy to have a shovel and a ladder to dig such a hole?
He had them in his car.