Dead man's eyes suddenly open during his own funeral in front of shocked mourners
Dead man's eyes suddenly open during his own funeral in front of shocked mourners
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A dead man has stunned mourners after appearing to open his eyes in his coffin. The deceased man’s loved ones were gathered at his funeral when they suddenly spotted his eyes moving. One mourner said: “Look, he’s already opening them.”. Another woman added: “Who knows if he’s fighting for his life?” Other relatives suggested calling an ambulance to take him to hospital. It took place at the funeral in the Dominican Republic.
While some said the corpse’s alleged eye flickers could have been caused by phone lights. Other locals pointed out it could have been post-mortem muscle movement. Sergio said: “Post mortem muscle memory, it presents itself in some corpses.” Javier added: “It’s the reflection of the mobile phone torches, look again.”.
Reported cases of people in coffins opening their eyes in countries where it is normal to have the body displayed at funerals is not unusual and it can be down to changes to the muscles in the face which can relax and stiffen after death. In fact, after this case a person did comment on social media: “It is called rigor mortis, the muscles contract. But so far there has not been any official confirmation over what happened.
But in another tragic case a woman did appear to die but was actually found to be still alive when she opened her eyes at a funeral parlour and she was just moments from being embalmed. Timesha Beauchamp, 20, was found unresponsive and in cardiac arrest on Sunday morning by paramedics called to her house in Detroit, Michigan, in August 2020. Paramedics performed CPR and other "live reviving methods" for 30 minutes before she was declared dead at the scene, said Southfield Fire Department Chief Johnny Menifee.
