🧟♂️ Wait… WHY is the coffin MOVING?! 😱
Imagine sitting at a funeral, mourning a loved one, when suddenly… BAM! The coffin starts shaking. 😳 The guests scream, chairs fly, and someone probably faints on the spot. Well, for one man, this wasn’t a horror movie—it was real life.
Meet Brighton Dama Zanthe, the man who pulled off the ultimate resurrection prank… unintentionally.
☠️ Dead… But Not Really?
Back in 2013, Brighton, a 49-year-old from Zimbabwe, had been declared dead after a long illness. His family prepared for the funeral, friends gathered, and his lifeless body was placed in a coffin. 😔 Cue the sad violin music. 🎻
But just as the final prayers were being said and people were preparing to lower him into the ground…
💀 THE COFFIN STARTED MOVING. 💀
One of the mourners took a peek inside (big mistake), and BOOM—Brighton was breathing! 😱 Panic erupted. Some people ran, others fell over themselves trying to escape what they thought was a zombie apocalypse. 🧟♂️
🩺 How Does This Even Happen?!
Doctors later explained that Brighton had gone into a deep coma, and his pulse had been too weak to detect. Basically, he “died” but forgot to actually die. Oops. 🤷♂️
He was rushed to the hospital and fully recovered a few days later. When asked how he felt about his own funeral, Brighton said:
🎙️ “I was shocked to learn that I had been declared dead!”
Dude, not as shocked as your family. 😂
💀 Other People Who Came Back From the Dead!
🧟♀️ A 91-Year-Old Woman Wakes Up in a Morgue (2014) – Janina Kolkiewicz, a Polish woman, was declared dead and sent to the morgue… until she woke up 11 hours later complaining she was cold. Imagine the trauma of the morgue worker who found her. 🫠
🧟♂️ Man Crashes His Own Funeral (2012) – A Brazilian man named Gilberto Araujo shocked his friends when he walked into his own wake. Turns out, the funeral was for someone else who just looked like him. Talk about awkward. 😅
🪦 Moral of the Story?
Before you bury someone… double-check they’re actually dead. Triple-check, even. ✅✅✅
Because the only thing scarier than ghosts? Someone waking up mid-funeral and asking what’s for dinner. 🍽️
