[Sugar_Skull]

*wonders where the news section is, and if general would have been the right place*

A 73 year old Polish beekeeper was stung and pronounced dead;
only to have his pulse found later that day, when the undertaker removed his necklace right before his coffin was to be sealed.

http://news.ninemsn....fin-still-alive

My guess is he went into anaphylactic shock which made him unconscious, cold and his pulse faint.
There's meant to be a discussion question, so.. do you also think it was anaphylaxis? Any personal experiences with same? What do you think about the speed with which Joseph Guzy was pronounced dead, did he get due process? Are you now going to demand to be buried with an alarm system in place?

Also - any Poe references you'd like to make?

[Johnny_C]

And interesting article on Snopes.com about that very topic. Some quite interesting. My favourite though is the story from the 16th century where a guy named Matthew Hall was being transported via coffin to his grave. One of the Pallbearers tripped causing the rest to drop the coffin. Some how it was enough to bring him back to the world of the living. The man lived for several more years, died in 1595 and celebrated his undeath day every year till he finally did it the right way.

Another interesting thing was that way back in the day they used to have bell systems or whistle systems in place so the grounds keeper could distinguish if someone had been buried alive.

[Sugar_Skull]

Which is what Edgar Allan Poe wanted, due to his fear of being buried alive. *cough* Amontillado! *cough*

Very lucky bloke, that beekeeper. I'm wondering why he was declared and placed in a coffin so quickly, and why he wasn't given an adrenalin shot.

[xQuestionablexSanityx]

Ahh, That's a little uncool.. And people wonder why I'm afraid of bees

[xQuestionablexSanityx]

Ahh, That's a little uncool.. And people wonder why I'm afraid of bees


oops double post

This post has been edited by xQuestionablexSanityx: 28 January 2010 - 12:51 AM

[Sugar_Skull]

Apparently it's because some countries have different storage facilities and cultural mores which impacts on procedures.. hm.

I still think they should have administered adrenalin.