Corpse kept upright for his 3 day wake.

[Geo7877]

http://news.aol.com/article/corpse-kept-upright-for-3-day-wake/140572?icid=100214839x1207687524x1200440336

"A young man's wish to remain standing in death has been fulfilled. Through a special embalming treatment, Angel Pantoja Medina, left, remained upright in a corner at his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for his three-day wake. Here, family members bid goodbye to the 24-year-old Monday."

http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-photohub/dims/NEWS/1/618/412/60/http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/5/7/570563/1219183715240.JPEG

http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-photohub/dims/NEWS/1/618/412/60/http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/5/7/570562/1219183679415.JPEG

Yeah... that's not creepy... not at all.

[BobJM]

I would **** my pants if I saw a dead corpse standing upright at a wake. Literally, I would **** them.

[Evelisse]

They should have posed him holding a drink or something.

[CashforStash]

Looks like the family couldent afford a Coffin, so they brainstormed really quickly.

R.I.P. to who ever died.

[JustABill]

And it had to be the most stereotypical looking Puerto Rican young guy too didn't it?

[Eggyman]

Mmm I always wanted to look at pictures of an upright corpse while eating my lunch :dry:

[Logan's Runt]

Mmm I always wanted to look at pictures of an upright corpse while eating my lunch :dry:

Because the thread title wasn't descriptive enough to allow you to avoid it. :cmad:

[Eternal Angel]

When I die, I want to have a Mozart styled funeral where they just shove me in a burlap sack and throw me in my plot.

P.S. How'd the kid die in the first place?

[AndThePickles]

That is incredibly disturbing :csad:

[thehippie]

When I die, I want to have a Mozart styled funeral where they just shove me in a burlap sack and throw me in my plot.

P.S. How'd the kid die in the first place?

article on yahoo said they found him under a bridge....

[Symbiotic]

I probably shouldn't laugh, but how can you not?

[Geo7877]

He looks like he's flexing.

[darkseid26]

thats nasty, are his lips decaying in the second pic?

[Odin's Lapdog]

he isnt really dead, it's a benefits scam...

[Silk Spectre]

I know it seems really weird, but the practice is quite common in latin culture. The body of a loved one will be brought home, and usually sat in a chair. The family pays their last respects. They may leave flowers with the body, hold the hand of the deceased and pray, etc.

Personally I think the whole idea of embalming a body just so it can be preserved for a week is weird, but thats just me.

[Jspider13]

that is just too bizarre. Sorry.

[TheAgentOfChaos]

OhDear

[jaguarr]

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This pic...just...creepy as all hell...

jag

[Crook]

:funny: @ that fella being all decked up and looking OG even in death.

[FadingCB]

It's creepy to me, but if it was the guy's dying wish and the family and his friends are ok with it, guess I really have no right ot say anything against it. It just reminds me not to ask for anything special for my funeral, guess I should cross Carrot top telling jokes with my corpse as a prop off my list....

[Groovetopia]

That...is...just...CREEPY. I don't think I would be able to attend that wake.

[Darthphere]

Who the **** dressed him?

[jaguarr]

Who the **** dressed him?

His Momma. And she dressed him funny, too! :funny:

jag

[Mr Sparkle]

going by the outfit? dude died of embarrassment.

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

I think this is one of the creepiest stories I've read on the Hype. :o

That's....just wrong. Eww..:o:ninja:

[Geo7877]

They went through all of this trouble to keep him standing upright... Does that mean they are going to bury him upright?

[Darthphere]

going by the outfit? dude died of embarrassment.

WOOOO!:grin::hehe:

[The Lizard]

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I want a limited edition "Angel Medina's funeral" t-shirt too!

[Darthphere]

He put on a few pounds once he died.

[hammy]

Since when does a 24 year old plan his wake? :huh:

[Asteroid-Man]

He looks like a muppet

[Addendum]

Since when does a 24 year old plan his wake? :huh:

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[UA-Archangel]

It'd be really, really creepy, if that corpse, due to gravity, assumed a new position, such as leaning forward.

Especially if you approached it with the intent of paying it some respect.

[UA-Archangel]

Since when does a 24 year old plan his wake? :huh:

It's kinda accepted in the gang life that one probably won't make it past thirty.

[Johann Krauss]

It'd be really, really creepy, if that corpse, due to gravity, assumed a new position, such as leaning forward.

Especially if you approached it with the intent of paying it some respect.


OMG:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::applaud

[LazloSpeeker]

http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-photohub/dims/NEWS/1/618/412/60/http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/5/7/570563/1219183715240.JPEG


Why does this pic scream "YA'LL BETTA RECONIZE!"?

When I die I want to be stuffed, like an animal, and passed down from generation to generation - kinda like a family heirloom. Then, I want wiring run from the top of my head and through my body and out my... err... hose. A light bulb inserted in the top of my head with my... uh... unit as the switch for a handy floor lamp. Now THAT is a stroke of genius!

That or I want to be launched into deep space like Spock in Star Trek.

TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!!!

[black_dust]

"where you want it?"

"Ummm just prop him up in the corner or summit"

[pyromaniac]

Let me ask you something.

If you grew up in that culture that accepts and encourages that kind of tradition, would you still find it disturbing and 'wrong'?

Do you think their reactions would be the same, or different, upon hearing of how we 'do our way'?

[Raiden]

This could be a scene from the Night of the Living Dead.

[JustABill]

This could be a scene from the Night of the Living Dead.
''They're coming for you, Eduardo." :o

[FadingCB]

Edit -

[The Apatow Crew]

He prolly just has a big stick up his butt to hold him up.

and who the hell would wanna kiss a three day corose? Plus wouldn't he smell even if they did all the right things.

[OctaviousINC]

That's kind creepy. Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to get something quick to drink in the kitchen and, like, your dead relative is just propped up in the corner flexing.I'd scream like a 6 year old girl.

[Alex The Great]

Weird :csad:

[Darthphere]

I imagine this playing in the background:

VMYAEHE2GrM

:huh::huh::huh::huh::huh:

[Silk Spectre]

Let me ask you something.

If you grew up in that culture that accepts and encourages that kind of tradition, would you still find it disturbing and 'wrong'?

Do you think their reactions would be the same, or different, upon hearing of how we 'do our way'?

If its was part of my culture, I would not find it weird. Whats weird to one culture is normal to another, and vice versa. I live in Texas where we have a very large Hispanic population and I have heard of this practice.

In modern developed nations we are very removed from death and dying. We aren't used to seeing dead bodies, so there is an element of shock.

I think there might be a conflict of interest for immigrant and their children. There is a desire to adapt, but there is also a desire to hold on to tradition.

[Metamorpho1977]

This sounds like an episode of scare tactics.

Seriously, this sounds like that old country song, Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die.

[Darthphere]

Let me ask you something.

If you grew up in that culture that accepts and encourages that kind of tradition, would you still find it disturbing and 'wrong'?

Do you think their reactions would be the same, or different, upon hearing of how we 'do our way'?

Well as a Hispanic male, I can tell you right now, this is NOT a cultural thing.

[Eggyman]

Strange, but practical (coat rack).

[Silk Spectre]

The only thing that bugs me is the amount of makeup on the corpse. I realize he's Puerto Rican, but damn they made him like 10 shades darker.