Man found alive in body bag

[Mrs Fish]

ananova said:

Man found alive in body bag The family of a man thought to have been killed in a car crash were told to stop funeral arrangements when he was found to be alive. Larry Green, 29, from Louisburg, was in a body bag at a mortuary when a member of staff noticed he was breathing reports the Daily Express. Mr Green's brother Steve said: "We were making the funeral arrangements, everybody thought he had passed on." He added: "I feel relieved, angry, praise God. My whole family is confused as we're wondering what happened. How can you say that someone passed away, but he's still breathing?" Four paramedic who attended the crash in North Carolina and declared Mr Green dead have been suspended on full pay pending an inquiry. Mr Green is in a critical condition in hospital.

[hammerwerfer]

Zombie?

[titiany]

[markh508]

When I was little I used to have a big fear of waking up in a coffin having being buried alive.

Apparently when old Victorian graveyards are dug up to make way for new developments they regularly find bodies that have shown signs of trying to get out...

[MilnerR]

Can't help thinking of the bit on Monty Python and the Holy Grail:

MORTICIAN: Bring out your dead!
Bring out your dead!
[clang] Bring out your dead!
[clang] Bring out your dead!
[clang] Bring out your dead!
[clang] Bring out your dead!
CUSTOMER: Here's one -- nine pence.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!
MORTICIAN: What?
CUSTOMER: Nothing -- here's your nine pence.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!
MORTICIAN: Here -- he says he's not dead!
CUSTOMER: Yes, he is.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not!
MORTICIAN: He isn't.
CUSTOMER: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.
DEAD PERSON: I'm getting better!
CUSTOMER: No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment.
MORTICIAN: Oh, I can't take him like that -- it's against
regulations.
DEAD PERSON: I don't want to go in the cart!
CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby.
MORTICIAN: I can't take him...
DEAD PERSON: I feel fine!
CUSTOMER: Oh, do us a favor...
MORTICIAN: I can't.
CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He
won't be long.
MORTICIAN: Naaah, I got to go on to Robinson's -- they've lost
nine today.
CUSTOMER: Well, when is your next round?
MORTICIAN: Thursday.
DEAD PERSON: I think I'll go for a walk.
CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone y'know. Look, isn't there
something you can do?
DEAD PERSON: I feel happy... I feel happy.
[whop]
CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much.
MORTICIAN: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
CUSTOMER: Right.
[clop clop]
MORTICIAN: Who's that then?
CUSTOMER: I don't know.
MORTICIAN: Must be a king.
CUSTOMER: Why?
MORTICIAN: He hasn't got shit all over him.

[WildfireS3]

markh508 said:

When I was little I used to have a big fear of waking up in a coffin having being buried alive. Apparently when old Victorian graveyards are dug up to make way for new developments they regularly find bodies that have shown signs of trying to get out...

Still one of my biggest fears.

[einion yrth]

WildfireS3 said:

markh508 said: When I was little I used to have a big fear of waking up in a coffin having being buried alive. Apparently when old Victorian graveyards are dug up to make way for new developments they regularly find bodies that have shown signs of trying to get out... Still one of my biggest fears.

Cremation?

[Iria]

extreme cases of catalepsy made people be buried while still alive... hence the custom of waiting for 3 days before burying the dead person or to pinch its finger with a needle to see if there was any drop of blood flowing out...

ugh, I agree that cremation seems to be the only way to avoid any disconcerting awakenings :s that scene in Kill Bill, where she is buried alive, made me feel rather nervous actually.

[nonegreen]

Far worse than waking up in the coffin is the few examples of WW2 planes crashing into peat bogs that subsequent excavation found the cockpit torn apart and surrounding area dug by an uninjured pilot trying to get out. Poor guys just ran out of air.

[JMGS4]

Iria said:

extreme cases of catalepsy made people be buried while still alive... hence the custom of waiting for 3 days before burying the dead person or to pinch its finger with a needle to see if there was any drop of blood flowing out...

or why the navy on a sea burial always put the last stitch (in the canvas) through the nasal septum!