Man shows up at his OWN funeral

[CanadaCraig]

Hi Everyone!!

I hope you're having a groovy day!!

A man 'dies'. His body is identified by friends and relatives.

That 'dead man' ends up going to his OWN funeral.

Click on the link below to read the story!!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americ...ead/index.html

I guess it would be quite a shock!! lol

GREAT BIG HUG
Craig!!

[Tegan]

Thats awful!!
First off, the poor family of the guy. They'd probably been mourning for him and I can't imagine the pain they were going through, then he turned up?!
Secondly: Surely they'd realise that wasn't him? I know people's bodies can be quite horribly deformed in a car accident but surely they'd use DNA to identify him if the family weren't sure?

[Rainbow Dash]

OMG that's awful I feel sorry for his friends/family. I agree with Tegan, you'd think they'd at least check if it was his body o_____O

[Power Cosmic]

*Adds to list of things he wants to do before he dies*

[losing touch.]

how did they wrongly identify their own son?.

[Magicalisland]

I agree with Elle, you'd think they'd know their own son.

[Pelios]

Imagine the faces of everyone in the funeral...

[Gymnophoria]

*Adds to list of things he wants to do before he dies*

I agree completely

I'm sure I read somewhere that people who were seriously ill and knew when they were going to die got to have their funeral before they died so they could go to it...bit odd though..

And I don't understand at all how you could NOT know your son.
What about the poor guy who really died?

[TheBabyEater]

I'll agree that's pretty awful, but I think I agree more than I totally want to do that!
Show up at my own funeral... I'd be priceless. To see who actually shows up, who's crying, who's laughing, then to just say "HEY WHERES so and so" and have everyone freak out.
lol Ah I'm evil.

[Toast]

That was actually pretty funny, except for the thought: how badly must the body have been messed up for people to wrongly identify him? Then again, if they thought it was him, grief might have convinced them.

[Gidig]

BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

I want to do this.

[Lugez]

What an asshole.

...I love it.

He's the kind of guy I'd punch in the face, but buy a drink for right after.

[Power Cosmic]

See, I'd probably try to be as dramatic as possible. Maybe wear a hoody with a long coat, something that will hide my features, and then walk up to the body and dramatically cast away the coat and shout something like
"I have risen from the cold embrace of the grave to slake my undead thrist up thoust mortal souls, mwhahahaha" and then have someone who's in on it to youtube the amount of people kacking themselves xD.

Bwhahaha xD

[TheBabyEater]

I'd sneak up behind someone who didn't seem at all bothered by my death, and 'haunt' them. Like, whisper in their ear, appear then disappear, and so on. I'd do it to a few at most but not everyone or they'd catch on. Though I might get caught. oh well.
I like the dramic entrance idea too.

Or just casually walk in and say "So God says hi, he and Satan were playing poker together. Jesus wants to know why everyone is so rude and unethical after he died for you?"
Or something along the lines of that. lol (sorry to any over-sensitive Christians/religious people of any sort. I tend to make jokes. get over it. I could have easily done worse there. lol)

[MadPoet]

That's actually extremely funny.

"The sight of Ademir Jorge Goncalves alive shocked relatives, some of whom tried to jump out of the windows of the funeral home in southern Brazil."

Jumping out windows?

[✖Ice✖]

I wonder what look was on the mans face?

[Magic.]

I saw this on Yahoo. They said he was really badly disfigured so his family didn't spend long looking and made the identification based on the similar clothing the guy was wearing to that the man had been wearing.
Much as I feel sorry for them for grieving and not needing to, at least it was short lived and they still have him around

[Casey.]

Originally Posted by Gidig

BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

I want to do this.

This.

Wow. Don't they normal do DNA testing if they can't identify the body?

[That Sullen Piñata]

I was kind of hoping that Michael Jackson would do something along those lines... alas 'twas not the case...

[Kate*]

I wonder how the guy feels knowing that his own family didn't recognize him! Also, what about the family of the person who died? They inquire about their missing son only to be informed that he has died and is being baried by the wrong people under the wrong name! How disrespectful would that have been? I guess it's a good thing they realized it when they did though.

[tk338]

Originally Posted by Invictus

See, I'd probably try to be as dramatic as possible. Maybe wear a hoody with a long coat, something that will hide my features, and then walk up to the body and dramatically cast away the coat and shout something like
"I have risen from the cold embrace of the grave to slake my undead thrist up thoust mortal souls, mwhahahaha" and then have someone who's in on it to youtube the amount of people kacking themselves xD.

Bwhahaha xD

LOL That'd be so awesome

Kind of disturbing for everyone though :/ Family should be grateful that in effect they CAN says all those things they meant to say to him...

[Skeleton]

'eh? How can you not recognise your own family member? I mean, I know that some crashes can leave people badly recognisable but you think they'd be able to do something to check that this guy was in fact their family member. But I'd hate to be mourning them when they suddenly walked in, you'd receive the shock of your life then.

[udontno]

If I'd been at the funeral, I probably would have fainted.

[Ellie]

I've always wanted to be at my own funeral....*starts planning*

[Imagine]

I would have fainted for sure! Thats crazyyy.