'Dead' man sits up in coffin and asks for drink of water

A supposedly dead Ecuadorian man sat up in his coffin during his wake and asked for a drink of water.

Family and friends of Fermín Plúas were attending an all-night vigil around the coffin at his family home in Jujan.

Doctors certified the 57-year-old had died of a heart attack the day before. He says he saw spirits during the 24 hours he was 'dead'.

His 10 children and dozens of grandchildren were there. Some began screaming, while others fled the house.

A daughter said: "It was quite some surprise. If we hadn't delayed the funeral so some distant relatives could come, he would have already been buried."

Mr says the experience has confirmed his religious faith.

"The doctors all said my father was dead, but we witnessed his resurrection with our own eyes," his daughter told newspaper Extra.
Bloody Ecuadorian NHS :rolleyes:

It was quite some surprise Understatement!

Your dead relative sits up and asks for a glass of water and it's just "quite some surprise" !??

A glass of water - was he diagnosed as having died of thirst? :lol: :p

You can't trust doctors these days.

Yipe! Someone cast turn undead! :eek: It's a lich!!

It sounds like a lawsuit to me!!! ;) :p :grin: :spin: :roll: :shake:

If the doctors had checked the electric activity in his brain the day before, he probably wouldn't have been dead :p . You're not totally dead before you're braindead.

They'll should have gone to another doctor, for a second opinion after the doctor told he was dead. You just can't be certain of anything these days.

Your just "mostly dead!" You just moved your finger...That's Wonderful!!! I mean, you've been mostly dead all day!! :p ;) :grin: :roll:

Sorry - Couldn't resist the Princess Bride quote....

Sounds like someone's malpractice insurance premiums are going to increase.

I'm not dead, but I'm still braindead! :roll:

My mother says things like that happen when people go into a coma and are pronounced dead

Well following my theories and beliefs (refer to some of my famous posts) I must say one way to check if he's living is to get the blokes wife, ask everyone to let her be ... alone with the corpse and see of her 'love' and ever lasting 'devotion' can cause a few ... 'miracles' ... say ... not only the bloke will be raised from the dead.

Just my theory of course. :D

uhm Sniper your beliefs? I would say that was a borderline disgusting idea :shake:
Really. Think about it.

I think there is a certain word for people that do er ... sexual things to deadish people ... necrophiliacs? not to sure :)

Actually Sir Yerril, it is much more likely to be a vampire. Look past the lies and see that he realy wanted BLOOD!

:evil:

Seems to me that this is another scam. People don't readily accept facts like death. They should have made the doctor do a second check to make sure.

Hmm, this reminds me of that "bring out yer dead" scene in Monty Python's "Quest for the Holy Graal"... :D

Makes me think:
In Africa some people were stung/bitten by a poisonous snake and 'died'. After some research the poison would get the victem in a too deep kinda sleep and they seemed dead. People broke open the coffins of the burried people who 'died' by the poison and found the dead ones on hands and knees, trying to break open their own coffins.
Must have been quite scary, if you ask me....speaking of claustrophobia :D

So here is a tip:
Dont use poisons. Try the Tiny-bits-and-pieces-tactics for a more garanteed death. A crematorium will do...

Unless they're part Phoenix, but that's another story...