JOHANNESBURG – A South African health official says a man awoke to find himself in a morgue fridge — nearly a day after his family thought he had died.
Health department spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said Monday that the man awoke Sunday afternoon, 21 hours after his family called in an undertaker who sent him to the morgue after an asthma attack. Kupelo says the man started yelling, prompting morgue workers to run away in fear. They eventually returned and removed him from the fridge. He was then taken to a nearby hospital and later discharged by doctors who deemed him stable.
The mortuary owner says his family is very happy to have him home. Kupelo urged South Africans to call on health officials to confirm that their relatives are really dead.
Hahahahaha. He “urged South Africans to call on health officials to confirm that their relatives are really dead.” Ya think? Love it. Your feel-good story of the year, folks. A modern day Lazarus….raised from the dead. Love the initial reaction of the morgue workers, too. RUN! How’d that convo go down? “So, you heard it too, right?” “Yeah.” “So, you think it’s a ghost? A zombie? What?” “Maybe someone didn’t really die and they just want us to let them of of the coffin cooler?” “Good call, we are in Africa… let’s go get him.”
-bp
thanks for the lob, Mac.