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'Dead' woman found breathing in coffin

• jacooper 3y ago
  Nightmare fuel for sure.
  • hcmacro 3y ago
    Perhaps the most terrifying headline I've read in a while.
• sacnoradhq 3y ago
  The topic of many 18th-19th century patents.
  • oilchange 3y ago
    And horror stories like berenice by the great edgar allan poe.
• mensetmanusman 3y ago
  A wake was to listen for bells: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin
  • ptx 3y ago
    The linked Wikipedia article (although interesting) doesn't seem to mention wakes, and the Wikipedia page on wakes [1] claims that this idea is a misconception. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_(ceremony) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_(ceremony)
    • mensetmanusman 3y ago
      Yes, it wasn't started to listen for this situation, it's just funny to me that there were extremely rare occurrences where people did wake up...
• hulitu 3y ago
  No quality controls at coffin manufacturers. /s
• deleted 3y ago
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• elzbardico 3y ago
  I suspect this kind of occurrence, while being an exceedingly rare occurrence, is yet far more common than what we dare to imagine.