'Dead' woman found breathing in coffin

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65886245

'Dead' woman found breathing in coffin

Mourners at the wake of an Ecuadorean woman were startled to discover she was still alive.

A hospital doctor in the city of Babahoyo declared Bella Montoya, 76, dead following a suspected stroke.

She was placed in a coffin and taken to a funeral parlour, where relatives held a vigil before her planned burial.

When, after almost five hours, they opened the coffin to change her clothes ahead of the funeral, the woman gasped for air.

This is scary. Imagine if that woman had awaken a few hours or even days later, just to find herself trapped in a coffin. Imagine waking up to find yourself buried alive. Even scarier: some people get cremated. It's like a horror film.

This has happened before earlier this year to an elderly woman in New York. The article links to some other stories where people "woke up" in a morgue or freezer.

Apparently the family are trying to keep a lid on it.

E. A. Poe’s “Premature Burial “ was no fantasy. In medieval times, people were buried with air tubes running up to the surface so people could breathe and be heard if they cried out.

@vivify said
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65886245

'Dead' woman found breathing in coffin

Mourners at the wake of an Ecuadorean woman were startled to discover she was still alive.

A hospital doctor in the city of Babahoyo declared Bella Montoya, 76, dead following a suspected stroke.

She was placed in a coffin and taken to a funeral parlour, where ...[text shortened]... they opened the coffin to change her clothes ahead of the funeral, the woman gasped for air.

@divegeester said
Apparently the family are trying to keep a lid on it.

@vivify said
This is scary. Imagine if that woman had awaken a few hours or even days later, just to find herself trapped in a coffin. Imagine waking up to find yourself buried alive. Even scarier: some people get cremated. It's like a horror film.

This has happened before earlier this year to an elderly woman in New York. The article links to some other stories where people "woke up" in a morgue or freezer.

I guess they don’t embalm. Lucky for her.👍