Mourners at a
recent funeral in Zimbabwe were caught by surprise when the guest of honor sat up in his coffin.
According to
local reports, 34-year-old Brighton Dama Zanthe, the seemingly dead man, woke up last week while friends and family
prepared to pay their respects at his home in Gweru.
"I was
the first to notice Mr. Zanthe’s
moving legs as I was
in the queue to view his body. At first I could not believe my eyes but later
realized that there was indeed some movements on the body as other mourners
retreated in disbelief," Lot Gaka, one of the mourners and Zanthe's
employer, told The Herald.
Fortunately,
Zanthe woke up just in time; his body was set to be transported to a funeral
parlor later that day. After Zanthe "resurrected" he was taken to a
local hospital, where he remained on life support for two days before
eventually being released.
Bodies
springing back to life is, perhaps surprisingly, not an uncommon occurrence in
Zimbabwe. Earlier this year, a woman, who was believed to have collapsed and
died during sex, woke up screaming after
she was placed into a coffin.
In another
"resurrection" in 2012, a Zimbabwe woman, suspected of being
possessed, was rushed to a hospital after she stabbed herself and was
allegedly declared dead, the Chronicle reports. However, she did not
stay "dead" for long, as she "rose" shortly after.
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