General Come to Life in Coffin, Chases Mourners An amazing story of a Greek general's return to life while being transported in a cetin to his grave is reported from Missolonghi, Greece, where Byron died in 1824, states the Evening Standard."
The general, by name Larnakutis, apparently fell into a deep sleep and was presumed to have died. Elaborate funeral arrangements were prepared, and on Nov. 23 his body was placed in a coffin, which, fortunately, was not screwed down, put on a hearse and drawn through the streets to the local cemetery.
The route was densely lined with spectators and the procession included many prominent local military and other officials.
Suddenly the lid of the coffin rose, and the bewildered face of the "dead?
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