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'Dead' woman wakes up in coffin, screaming

(Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2008-12-04 09:34

A 67-YEAR-OLD woman woke up in a coffin and started screaming early on Saturday after her family thought she had on Thursday in Xuchang City, Henan Province.

The woman identified as Yang Xiyun was thought to have died on Thursday as her body become rigid about 10pm. Yang's family members wrapped her in a shroud, put her in a coffin and planned to have a funeral on Saturday.

However, Yang awoke about 4am that morning and started yelling while in the coffin, frightening her sons, Dahe Daily reported today.

Her husband Wang Genlin opened the coffin with his sons and found Yang was alive.

A doctor identified as Wang Yinshan from Xuchang City Hospital said the woman may have suffered a seizure or a stroke, according to the report.