Waking Up Inside Your Coffin!

On January 18th 1886, The Times newspaper reported the horrifying case of a "girl" named "Collins" from Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, whose body was exhumed two days after she had been buried. "Her shroud was torn into shreds, her knees were drawn up to her chin, one of her arms was twisted under her head, and her features bore evidence of dreadful torture.”

Back in the 16th century, the body of a man named Matthew Wall from Hertfordshire England was being carried in his coffin to the cemetery, when one of the pall-bearers tripped and the coffin fell to the ground. The stunned silence of the onlookers soon changed to horror, as the sound of desperate knocking came from inside the coffin. The coffin was then opened and Mr Wall was found to be very much alive.

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Another interesting anecdote concerns the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Lesbos, who apparently died in 1896. He was laid out in his coffin, where he lay as if dead for two days. Then he sat up and asked the stunned mourners what they were staring at.

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There have been a few cases of people waking after seeming to be dead in recent years. Like the case of the 95-year-old Chinese woman, who was found motionless and not breathing after suffering a fall in March 2012, in China. Her family, believing the elderly matriarch had passed away, had her placed in a coffin with the lid off and family and friends came to view the body. Then, the day before the funeral was to occur, her coffin was found empty. After a frantic search, the old woman was discovered cooking food in the kitchen; she said she felt hungry when she woke up.

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Recently, at a funeral in Zimbabwe, a man named Dama Zanthe, was in his coffin and his family and friends had formed a queue in order to pay their last respects. It soon became apparent that the body of the dead man was moving, then he sat up. He was then taken to a hospital and treated. He was released two days later.

Colleen Burns may not have woken in a coffin, but her case is worth a mention. She had been pronounced dead after a drug overdose and was about to have her organs removed when she awoke. She had actually been in a coma and she was able to leave the hospital two weeks later. Scary!