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Originally posted by Telethon
Heh you know what's funny? Long ago funerals were done so that the dead person had a chance to wake up since the person could actually be very sick or something and sometimes during the funeral service the body just rose up from the casket and everyone went home.
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I've heard this as well. It is pretty interesting. There were several inventions that were available as a warning system to alarm people that you are still alive if they buried you. I believe they still sell a system that can do this today. Lots of people were buried with oxygen tanks, and a special telephone that would allow them to dial out. Pretty wild. Being buried alive could be one of the worst things imaginable.
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