SAfrican man wakes after 21 hours in morgue fridge

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — 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."

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The guy could have died FOR REAL because those superstitious morons were afraid of ghosts.

the devil?

So, I suppose they could believe that zombies are caused by some awesome power of ancient herbal voodoo wisdom or something.

There probably aren't very many Atheists Who Believe in Zombies (AWBIZ). But if there are, I bet they have a stupid reason that has nothing to do with gods or demons.

There's probably even a website devoted to it. Probably called something like, "Non-Supernatural Causes of Zombies" or something.

See also:

Harvard psychologist explains the science of zombies

Last week, two young women were arguing about the color of zombies in a waiting room at Mass General. When a doctor appeared, they asked her for an opinion on whether zombies should, by rights, be green or gray. The doctor thought for a second and said, "I don't know, but I'll ask my friend Dr. Schlozman -- he's been driving us nuts all week trying to get us to watch zombie movies."

That would be Dr. Steven Schlozman, who teaches at Harvard Medical School and practices childhood and adolescent psychology at Mass General. On Monday, Schlozman gave what was, by all accounts, the most eagerly-anticipated lecture in the history of the Coolidge Corner's "Science on Screen" series, which brings practicing scientists in to introduce movies. Schlozman was introducing the ne plus ultra of zombie movies, George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. (Schlozman did his homework -- which included getting Romero on the phone for a brief interview.) And Schlozman proposed to answer some of zombie fans' deepest, most burning questions ("Why are zombies always so hungry?") by using the tools of cutting-edge neurobiology.

If you sling words for a living, there is something irresistable about the opportunity to use "Harvard neurobiologist" and "zombies" in the same sentence -- and not surprisingly, every newspaper in town promptly bombarded Schlozman with interview requests. But only your friendly neighborhood Phoenix was thoughtful enough to go to the lecture, record it for posterity, and bring it to you on the interwebs. You can thank us later. And while you're at it, thank the Coolidge Corner Theater and "Science on Screen," who allowed us to bring you this once-in-a-lifetime educational opportunity.You can download the entire lecture as an mp3 (below), but we'll advise you that watching the video (above) is much more fun -- especially if you have a soft spot for PowerPoint presentations involving cranial impalement, headless Freud action figures, and juicy Buffy the Vampire Slayer gossip.

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And what do they necessarily have to do with gods or devils?

But I wonder what the guy was yelling from inside the morgue fridge locker -- was it: "brains, brains"? ;-)