'Dead Man' Wakes Up in Morgue Fridge

Man Wakes Up at Morgue, Terrifies Staff

A 50-year-old man from Libode, South Africa woke up to find himself at the morgue. His family, thinking he had died of an asthma attack, called up an undertaker, who took the man to the morgue. 21 hours later, he woke up in the morgue fridge and started to scream.

Even more terrified than the man was the morgue staff, who ran away when they heard him screaming. Eventually they returned to let him out of the fridge.

South African Health Department spokesman Sizwe Kupelo calls upon all would-be citizen undertakers to let a doctor, paramedic or the police decide on whether or not to take someone to the morgue.

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