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A 59-year-old Brazilian man has surprised his family by turning up at his own funeral, local media report. Relatives of Ademir Jorge Goncalves, a bricklayer, had identified him as the victim of a car crash in southern Parana state the previous day. Police told O Globo newspaper that relatives had trouble identifying the corpse because it was badly disfigured. It appeared that Mr. Goncalves had spent the night drinking a rum-like drink called "pinga" with his friends. He did not get word about his funeral until it was already happening on Monday morning, his niece Rosa Sampaio said. She said some family members - including herself and the man's mother - had doubts, but an aunt and four friends had positively identified the body. "What were we to do? We went ahead with the funeral," she told O GLobo. A police spokesman welcomed the happy ending: "Before long, the walking dead appeared at the funeral. It was a relief," the unnamed officer told the paper. The body was correctly identified later, he said, and buried in another state. bbc news
I've read this and found it funny in a strange way. As much as this shocked the family, I bet the man was quite shocked too. He was just drunk overnight and then the following morning found out about his funeral. It's good things cleared up at the end. What do you guys think of this?
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| 1. sabirin (93) | 4 weeks ago | are u joking its really funny.
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| deedoneza (56) | 4 weeks ago | i thought it was funny too. but nope, this actually happened.=D
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| 2. evelyntan (57) | 4 weeks ago | Well at least the poor dead guy was correctly identified in the end. At least he didn't have strangers weeping over his dead body and be buried under someone else's name.
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| deedoneza (56) | 4 weeks ago | You're right. And at least the right family would be notified. I mean, the dead guy's family might have been waiting for him to come home for some time already, not knowing the man was already dead.
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| evelyntan (57) | 4 weeks ago | It wouldn't be the first time something like this happened. I remember reading about something similar a few years back. All I can say is, mistakes happen.
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3. vinaykiran28 (3381) | 4 weeks ago | This would have been a horrifying experiencing to the people at the funeral. How did the Doctor certify that the person is dead?
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| deedoneza (56) | 4 weeks ago | I think you got it all wrong. The body was certainly dead, it was just identified wrong. They thought it was him, but it was actually of another man's.:)
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4. maximax8 (10359) | 4 weeks ago | The man's family must have been so very upset to do to the funeral. It was awful that there was a terrible road accident and someone died. It must be challenging to identify the bodies sometimes. It must have been amazing when the thought to be deed man turned up at his own funeral. It must have felt so strange for him. I think that was an unusual thing to happen. Thanks for beginning this fascinating discussion.
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| deedoneza (56) | 4 weeks ago | You're welcome. I thought this was fascinating too.:)
Yes, I think it's a very distressful job identifying dead bodies, especially when it has been badly disfigured. I would be doubtful too, if I was a member of the man's family.
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