BRASILIA, Brazil — A 41-year-old car washer from northeastern Brazil shocked his family by turning up at his own wake after his family mistakenly identified a murdered local man at the morgue as him, local media reported Tuesday.
Family and friends in the town of Alagoinhas in Bahia state were gathered around the body of another car washer resembling Gilberto Araujo when he showed up after being told of his “death” by a friend who had spotted him in the street.
“I said, ‘Guys, I’m alive, pinch me,’” Araujo told the O Globo news website (story is in Portuguese). He had not seen his family for about four months until then.
‘It was a fright’
His mother, shopkeeper Maria Menezes, said some of those attending the wake fainted while others fled.
Brazil car washer turns up alive at own wake – World news – Americas | NBC News.
October 24, 2012 at 8:42 pm
LOLOLOL
some of those attending the wake fainted while others fled
Where’s Boris Karloff when you need him?.
October 25, 2012 at 6:40 am
I’m sure Boris is getting a kick out of this one. Funny stuff life is, huh?
October 24, 2012 at 9:35 pm
This reminded me of a Twilight Zone episode:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734653/
October 25, 2012 at 6:40 am
hahahahahahaha
I remember that well.