South African Man Wakes Up in Morgue - You begin to ask yourself, how many other people have died like that in a morgue?”

From a Time article, "Dead Man Walking: South African Man Wakes Up in Morgue", July 26, 2011:

"Kupelo urged South Africans to not conclude on their own that a relative has passed."

Excerpts from the article:

The undead man was zipped up in a body bag and locked in a refrigerated compartment for one day before morgue staffers heard him shouting from his icy quarters. The staffers were terrified that the voice was a ghost and fled the building. “I couldn't believe it!" said Maqolo. "I was also scared.” After they returned and called the police, they entered the fridge to find the man, a grandfather, alive, though shivering and shaken.

“He screamed for help and made an almighty din in the morgue,” said Eastern Cape health spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo.

The man was treated for hypothermia and dehydration at a nearby hospital, and doctors later deemed him stable. He is recovering at home from the bizarre and traumatic experience.