Brazilian man turns up at own wake

[N.O.R.F]

A Brazilian man gave his relatives the shock of their lives when he turned up at his own wake at his mother's home.

 

The family was gathered around a coffin thought to contain 41-year-old car washer Gilberto Araujo when he appeared, causing some people to faint and others to flee in fear.

 

The dead man, said to closely resemble Gilberto, is believed to be another car washer who was murdered at the weekend.

 

Gilberto's brother said he had wrongly identified him in the mortuary.

 

Jose Marcos Araujo said he had not seen his brother in four months.

 

He had heard news that a car washer had been killed, and when he saw a body in the mortuary which looked very much like his brother, he assumed it was Gilberto.

 

'Overjoyed'

 

The family took the body to his mother's home in the town of Alagoinhas.

 

Gilberto Araujo said he heard about the mistake when an acquaintance approached him in the street to say his family was about to set off for his funeral.

 

"A friend told me there was a coffin and that I was inside it," he said.

 

"So I said: 'But I'm alive, pinch me!'"

 

Mr Araujo said he tried to call another friend who was at the wake but the friend thought it was a hoax and hung up, so he decided to go in person.

 

His mother told reporters she was overjoyed when her son showed up alive. "What mother wouldn't be, after being told that her son is dead and then sees him alive?" she told reporters.

 

Police inspector Roberto Lima said the confusion surrounding Mr Araujo's presumed death was "understandable".

 

"The two men closely resembled each other and both worked as car washers," he said.

 

Police say the dead man has now been identified as Genivaldo Santos Gama but they are now seeking further information.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20052240

[Alpha Blondy]

:D :D

 

this is pure madness! all these western methods of burials, wake and funerals are really pathetic. the fact that the relatives wash the dead body and he/she is buried within a day ensures there are no silly surprises where the deceased are concerned in islam.

[NGONGE]

^^ The surprise would have taken place here regardless of the method of burial. At least it's not like the Dakhma of the Ahura Mazda followers!

[Alpha Blondy]

.....and what's that and what does this Dakhma of Ahura Mazda involve, the honourable NG!

[NGONGE]

^^ Vultures and dead bodies (they don't burry their dead).

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

One of the gruesome things I have seen where they tie the body up, cut open with knifes and leave it in an open field. Most undignified way to go. As for this guy, he should've had a little fun and worn white sheets or something.

[Abwaan]