Mourners left terrified as ‘dead man comes back to life' at his own wake

A VIDEO OF THE BIZARRE SCENE APPEARS TO SHOW THE MOMENT WHEN THE MAN 'CAME BACK TO LIFE' INSIDE A COFFIN IN HIS HOME IN PERU, JUST DAYS BEFORE HIS FUNERAL WAS DUE TO TAKE PLACE

17:06, 20 May 2025 Mourners in a Peruvian home were left aghast as the coffin of a deceased man began to shake - followed by twitching and sounds from the "corpse" - seemingly

coming back to life. A video capturing this extraordinary event appears to show the moment the man was "resurrected" inside his coffin at his residence, mere days before his

scheduled funeral. The footage, recorded in the town of Olmos in Peru's Lambayeque region, shows the stunned reactions of the man's family and friends. The clip has since gone

viral on social media. Posts on TikTok and X identify the deceased as 'Iván', who was being mourned by his loved ones when he apparently regained consciousness. Speculation is

rife about how such an astonishing event could have transpired. One witness hailed it as a divine miracle, likening it to the biblical story of Lazarus's resurrection in the New

Testament Gospel of St John. In the video, she can be heard exclaiming: "Glory to God! This man is alive. All those watching us, your prayers for this man, Iván, may God show His

glory. Just as He resurrected Lazarus, God can do so with this man. Oh, holy! Pray for this man!". A more prosaic explanation for the apparent "resurrection" suggests that the

man might have been in a cataleptic state. Catalepsy is a symptom associated with various neurological conditions, such as Parkinson's disease and epilepsy, characterised by paralysis,

a slowdown of bodily functions like breathing, and a stiffness that can be mistaken for rigor mortis. Several viewers commenting on the video proposed catalepsy as an explanation, with one

noting the man's good fortune in emerging from the state before burial, while another added: "Those who don't believe in God will say catalepsy, and those of us who do

believe, we know it's resurrection." A notable incident involved Argentine socialite Rufina Cambaceres, who fell into a cataleptic state on her birthday in May 1902 and was

declared deceased. However, after her burial, the caretaker of La Recoleta Cemetery reported hearing noises emanating from her vault. The coffin appeared to have been disturbed, and upon

opening, scratch marks were discovered on the inside of the lid and the girl's face, revealing that Rufina had been interred alive. The cause of her catalepsy episode remains unclear,

but it is presumed she eventually succumbed to suffocation after regaining consciousness. Even with modern medical advancements, errors can still occur, and people are occasionally declared

dead before seemingly "coming back to life". In a bizarre turn of events this April, paramedics rushed to Son Valenti funeral parlour in Palma, Majorca when a "dead"

woman began stirring in her coffin. This eerie occurrence echoes a February incident from the previous year where morgue staff in Guatemala were spooked by a woman who appeared to come back

to life, moving within a body bag. Last year also saw an astonishing event in Texas where 16-year-old Sammy Berko experienced a cardiac arrest at a rock climbing gym and was declared

deceased. Remarkably, after two hours of persistent CPR, he was resuscitated, prompting one doctor to label him a "literal miracle". Article continues below Sammy's mother,

Jennifer, recounted the harrowing moment her son lost consciousness following his climb, and the devastating news of his death. She revealed: "I started talking to him, just telling him

how much I love him and sorry that we didn't know how to save him. Suddenly, as I started praying, my husband said, 'Oh my gosh, he's moving'." Another startling

case from June last year involved 76-year-old Bella Montoya Castro, who was pronounced dead at a hospital in southwest Quito, Ecuador. Incredibly, she regained consciousness during her own

funeral service. Gilber Barberan, Bella's son, reported that mourners heard noises emanating from the casket as they laid flowers upon it, only to discover that it was Bella herself

making the sounds.