‘Dead’ Man Woke Up During Own Funeral In Zimbabwe, Witness Says

Mourners at a recent funeral in Zimbabwe were caught by surprise when the guest of honor sat up in his coffin. According to local reports, 34-year-old Brighton Dama Zanthe, the seemingly dead man, woke up last week while friends and family prepared to pay their respects at his home in Gweru. "I was the first to notice Mr. Zanthe's moving legs as I was in the queue to view his body. At first I could not believe my eyes but later realized that there was indeed some movements on the body as other mourners retreated in disbelief," Lot Gaka, one of the mourners and Zanthe's employer, told The Herald. Fortunately, Zanthe woke up just in
time; his body was set to be transported to a
funeral parlor later that day. After Zanthe
"resurrected" he was taken to a local hospital,
where he remained on life support for two days
before eventually being released. Bodies
springing back to life is, perhaps surprisingly,
not an uncommon occurrence in Zimbabwe.
Earlier this year, a woman who was believed to
have collapsed and died during s*x woke up
screaming after she was placed into a coffin. In
another "resurrection" in 2012, a Zimbabwe
woman, suspected of being possessed, was
rushed to a hospital after she stabbed herself
and was allegedly declared dead, the Chronicle
reports. However, she did not stay "dead" for
long, as she "rose" shortly after.