Post by Graveyardbride on Sept 24, 2014 8:00:03 GMT -5
Gravedigger suspended after picture of him posing with an exhumed corpse goes viral
A Spanish gravedigger has been suspended after a creepy picture of him posing with an exhumed corpse went viral. The cemetery worker reportedly dug up the body of a man who had died 23 years ago so that his recently deceased wife could be added to the family tomb. But when he opened the crypt, he discovered the man's body had become mummified and was still practically intact.
Rather than break up the body so another corpse could fit into the same space straight away, he decided to contact members of the deceased man's family. The dead man’s nephew and niece arrived – and the woman took a photograph of her dead relative standing next to the gravedigger and her living relation. The niece is then believed to have sent the snap to another family member via messaging service WhatsApp. It then quickly spread and was posted on several different social media sites, reports The Local.
The town hall of Guardamar del Segura, near Alicante, found out about the sick stunt and launched an investigation into its employee. Officials suspended the gravedigger and the case has been referred to the Civil Guard police force. Felipe Aldeguer, an elected official, told ABC the incident was "unpleasant, miserable and timely," but he added the digger "had not acted in bad faith."
Source: Lee Moran, The New York Daily News, September 12, 2014.
