(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); JOHANNESBURG — A South African man awoke to find himself in a morgue fridge — nearly a day after his family thought he had died, a health official said Monday.

Health department spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said the man awoke Sunday afternoon, 21 hours after his family called in an undertaker who sent him to the morgue after an asthma attack.

Morgue owner Ayanda Maqolo said he sent his driver to collect the body shortly after the family reported the death. Maqolo said he thought the man was around 80 years old.

"When he got there, the driver examined the body, checked his pulse, looked for a heartbeat, but there was nothing," Maqolo told the Associated Press.

But a day after staff put the body into a locked refrigerated compartment, morgue workers heard someone shouting for help. They thought it was a ghost, the morgue owner said.

"I couldn't believe it!" Maqolo said. "I was also scared. But they are my employees and I had to show them I wasn't scared, so I called the police."

After police arrived, the group entered the morgue together.

"I was glad they had their firearms, in case something wanted to fight with us," Maqolo said.

He said the man was pale when they pulled him out.

"He asked, 'How did I get here?'" Maqolo said.

The health department said the man was then taken to a nearby hospital for observation and later discharged by doctors who deemed him stable.

Kupelo, the health department spokesman, urged South Africans to call on health officials to confirm that their relatives are really dead.

The man's family was informed that he was alive during a family meeting convened to make funeral arrangements. They're very happy to have him home, Maqolo said.

But Maqolo said he is still trying to recover from the traumatic experience.

"I couldn't sleep last night, I had nightmares," he said. "But today I'm much better."

This is pretty crazy. Could you imagine falling asleep after an asthma attack and waking up in a fridge D=
I can't imagine the fear that was felt by the morgue employee's felt :lol:

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seriously we are teenage gamers, why do we want to read about that shit

Yeah, good question DIJI, but surprisingly I actually found the article somewhat interesting.

That's why the name of this board is:

General Discussion:carling:

So if he didn't have a heartbeat, and no pulse, how long was he dead for? It couldn't have been long. I'm guessing 2-3 minutes max!

Poor fellow probably had a heart attack on top of another asthma attack when he woke up in the city morgue fridge!

Crazy story right there, I have to say.

Lol, If I was staff at that morgue, I'd run out of there screaming that the zombie apocalypse had begun... :brains:

I just don't want that kind of thing to happen to me :O

F*ck me that Shit is crazy!

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Am I the only one who said lol wut to that?

I was so scared, but they are my employees, and I had to show them I wasn't scared so I called the police. <-- Calling the police because you think a ghost is haunting your mourge is called being a bitch my good sir.

Walk in there balls to the wall, and be like **** you a ghost, while proudly displaying your middle finger. ^_^ <---- That's called not being scared.