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Footage from an Indonesian burial service is no doubt bringing nerves higher after a scary moment in which a corpse appeared to "wave" through the window of its coffin.
The moment was captured on video while mourners looked on.
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#NoLagosLockDown Bizarre!! ๐ ๐ข Viral video shows haunting moment corpse appears to wave at mourners through coffinโโฆ https://t.co/DCxsz5JiP5โ Afriupdate News (@Afriupdate News)1589405301.0
"God has said in the Book of John, 'I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, he will live even though he is dead.'"
The priest's words seemed prophetic as the deceased person's hand then hit the front window of the coffin and disappeared from sight.
While several people were afraid this pointed to a live burial, still others told their own ghost stories of the purportedly dead coming back to life for moments.
@Zak_Bagans My teacher told me a story. Her relative died. While his kids was giving him a bath before burial he woโฆ https://t.co/lUeqhyhoKLโ Larki January Ki ๐๐๐ (@Larki January Ki ๐๐๐)1589403197.0
@Zak_Bagans My mom's best friend Ana Luisa died when they were about 15, naturally my mom was devastated so my granโฆ https://t.co/JTbkivQmCiโ ๐ค๐ปEd Nordrike Parker ๐ค๐ป ๐จโ๐ค (@๐ค๐ปEd Nordrike Parker ๐ค๐ป ๐จโ๐ค)1589405002.0
@Zak_Bagans Id say reflection from ppl above, lazarus syndrome can occur in places with little hospital care , or mโฆ https://t.co/bWiXB4Nu53โ Coco (@Coco)1589403781.0
@Zak_Bagans I hate that all I hear during that part is โDia akan hidupโ which means โThey will liveโ or โThey willโฆ https://t.co/tC2lwlDCoEโ qistina ๐ (@qistina ๐ )1589404755.0
@Zak_Bagans Whatโs creepier is that the priest is reading a passage that translates to: those who believe in me (Goโฆ https://t.co/ljoK5zXNasโ Gil (@Gil)1589405721.0
Then of course was the big questionโwhat sort of coffins have windows?
@Zak_Bagans I have so many questions... I didnโt even know windows on coffins were a thing or actually existed... &โฆ https://t.co/lSGEtKaJOnโ Krystal-Lee (@Krystal-Lee)1589404166.0
@Zak_Bagans Iโve never seen a coffin with a window before. Are those made for people who get buried alive? Made toโฆ https://t.co/j2G1DiI0Ukโ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ป๐ต๐ ๐ข๐พ๐ฎ๐๐ปโ๏ธ (@๐๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ป๐ต๐ ๐ข๐พ๐ฎ๐๐ปโ๏ธ)1589404670.0
@Zak_Bagans Why is there a window in the coffin in the first place???โ Jaycee1976 (@Jaycee1976)1589400278.0
@Zak_Bagans That's why I'm dead set against coffin windows!โ Bill Moseley (@Bill Moseley)1589400440.0
@Zak_Bagans Iv never seen coffins like this before I love that coffin and it's that lady with the tissue in the windowโ Ann Pashon (@Ann Pashon)1589401467.0
Rigor mortis, from the latin words meaning "stiffness of death," refers to the stiffening and shifting of the joints and muscles in the body after death.
Rigor mortis could easily have been responsible for a corpse moving after death. The phenomenon is reported regularly at morgues and mortuaries.
But it is still creepy.
@Zak_Bagans WOW!! Freaky but god I love being scared and the unknown its a feeling of its own. ๐๐โ Mandy Feather (@Mandy Feather)1589401216.0
@Zak_Bagans Seems to be a gaseous pressure in the coffin either that or the muscles really stiffing up. I know whatโฆ https://t.co/EV5stTzZ0uโ Christina Wright (@Christina Wright)1589406792.0
@Zak_Bagans Omg! They better check and make sure heโs deceased. Cause that doesnโt look good at all!โ Angela Boblitt (@Angela Boblitt)1589402306.0
@Zak_Bagans @tanaleaxxx Did they open the casket to see if person was still alive? Or was it a reflection in the glโฆ https://t.co/M1jfKCBov0โ Aaron Poisson (@Aaron Poisson)1589406837.0
@Zak_Bagans โWTFโ is right!!! I canโt stop watching it though!!! ๐ณ๐๐คโ Leslie Sinks ๐ป (@Leslie Sinks ๐ป)1589403274.0
While the likelihood that rigor mortis is responsible is high, it doesn't rule out the living dead.
Would anyone be surprised by a zombie outbreak right now?
The book Beyond the Dark Veil: Post Mortem & Mourning Photography from The Thanatos Archive is available here.