Wednesday 24 October 2012

A Dead Man Turns up at His own Funeral


The funeral of car washer Gilberto Araujo, 41, was being held in the town of Alagoinhas in north-east Brazil when Gilberto himself walked in. His family and sympathizers were in big shock when they saw him, some fainted and others were so scared they ran away.

The confusion started when news broke out that a car washer had been shot dead and his brother Jose Marcos, after being contacted by the police, had identified a body at the city morgue as being that of his brother and it was taken to their mother's home for a wake.


Gilberto rushed to his mother's house after bumping into a friend in the street a few hours before the ceremony, who told him his family were in mourning.

The man who was actually dead was named as Genivaldo Santos Gama.

According to reports, the two men looked alike and both were car washers, but his brother should have known better.

What a serious mistaking identity......

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