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JohnnyCanuck to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

'Dead' woman found breathing in coffin at own funeral

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'Dead' woman found breathing in coffin at own funeral

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JohnnyCanuck to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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Mourners realise the 76-year-old is still alive hours after she is placed in a cofifn.
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  • florge@lemmy.world
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    Now she is in intensive care in the same hospital where doctors declared her death.

    Doesn’t sound reassuring.

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      Imagine if she gets declared dead in the same hospital twice

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    It would be even stranger if she was found breathing in a coffin at someone else’s funeral.

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    “I’m not dead!”
    “I’m sure she will be soon, she’s very ill.”

    I’m guessing they just had an extremely weak pulse? I worry that hospitals will start cudgeling patients to make sure! Although I think I’d prefer that to waking up in a buried coffin…

    Perhaps we should bring back safety coffins?

    • xTechDeath@lemmy.ml
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      I’m just going to get a tv installed in mine

    • ForbiddenRoot@lemmy.ml
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      I had thought that with Reddit going away, this week I will do some work for once. But after reading your post, I feel I should watch a bit of Monty Python and The Holy Grail again. This is a sign of Lemmy’s success!

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    Well that sounds like a shitty experience for sure

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    Aren’t bodies usually embalmed before funerals? In this case it’s a good thing she wasn’t, but usually it helps avoid the whole being buried alive problem.

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      This is exactly why I want to be cremated.

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          Light a man a fire and he’ll be warm for the night.
          Light a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.

          Terry Prachett.

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    Nightmare fuel!

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    For those who skip reading articles: This happened in Babahoyo, Ecuador. The woman was declared dead and immediately placed into a casket. The family arrives hours later to dress her in funeral attire and find her breathing.

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    Do they not embalm bodies?

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