Mourners at a funeral in Zimbabwe were stunned when the dead man woke up as they filed by his coffin, state media reported.
Brighton Dama Zanthe, 34, was being laid to rest inside a coffin last
Monday after he apparently died at his home following a long illness.
The transport worker’s grieving family covered his body with blankets and made
arrangements to transfer him to a local mortuary, according to a report in the Herald newspaper.
But the next day Mr Zanthe’s friends and relatives had all gathered to pay their last homage to their beloved one.
The ‘deceased’ was being laid to rest in a coffin after apparently
dying from a long illness when he woke up in the middle of his own
funeral.
According to an eye witness ‘It was during the body viewing procession that he “resurrected”.’
The Herald, which is owned by Zimbabwe’s government, reported that Mr
Zanthe spent two days on life support after being rushed to the Gweru
Provincial Hospital following the incident but now has been discharged.
