"The technical how's a damn good question and I don't reckon anyone knows for sure, but the practical how? Folks who die are down for a few days, maybe a week. Bodies vanish. And then they're back alive again, every part of 'em whole. Sometimes their memories of this place come back a little slower, but they do come back."

It's strange, there's no two ways about it. He's not trying to pretend it isn't strange.