Originally Posted by willows:
“Why though? How many times do you see in soaps characters coming back from "the dead". It is looking likely that Michael Parr has left but the way Pete "buried" him was rubbish and still leaves questions. I'm sure it will become clear if they find a body and it is Ross and is identified and then buried then people will have their answer until then there is no reason that Pete couldn't go to the "grave" and find it empty. Time will tell”
Exactly. They have left it ambiguous on purpose. There isn't anything that couldn't be explained away if they wanted to.
Finding an accurate pulse can be quite hard, (took me a while when I did a first aid course), Pete was very upset and stressed so could have made a mistake. Same with his breathing. Given he was exerting himself hauling a dead (pun intended) weight around in a panic he was probably breathing hard himself so could easily have not heard any shallow breaths of Ross.
Oxygen will get through those leaves and as it is Summer he is not going to die from the elements as he might in the winter.
Soaps have been known to 'mislead' via Actors twitter before so that isn't proof in itself.
I'm not saying he is alive. That blow to the head sounded pretty bad and could (perhaps should) have killed him outright but then as mentioned, so should Declan's injuries last year.
I'm not in denial. I don't even like Ross much but I don't think it is as clear cut as others seem to think.