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🗓️ 26 May 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Funerals are understandably morose affairs. But what would you do if the woman whose funeral you were attending suddenly showed up to her own ceremony? I’d run for the hills! But this isn’t hypothetical, back in 2015 it really happened. And it’s far from the only time something terrifying and seemingly impossible like this has happened, either. So, rev up your hearses as we go through some unbelievable times people appeared at their own funeral.
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0:00.0 | Funerals are understandably morose affairs. But what would you do if the woman whose funeral |
0:05.7 | you were attending suddenly showed up to her own ceremony? I'd run for the hills. But this |
0:11.6 | isn't hypothetical. Back in 2015, it really happened. And it's far from the only time something |
0:18.4 | terrifying and seemingly impossible like this has happened either. |
0:23.2 | So rev up your hurses as we go through some unbelievable times, people appeared at their own funeral. You'd be amazed. Back in February 2015, a Burundian woman named Noella Rukendo took her last breath. |
0:48.3 | The loving wife and mother of eight had moved to Australia years before but was visiting Burundi to attend her |
0:54.6 | stepmother's funeral when she suffered a tragic accident. Her friends and family back home in |
0:59.8 | Australia had accepted they'd never see her again. Her own funeral arrangements were made, |
1:05.7 | and a few days later the ceremony went ahead. Around 7.30 p.m. that evening, Noella's husband, Belanga, |
1:12.7 | finished saying goodbye to the last of the well-wishers and turned to head inside. Then he got |
1:18.7 | the fright of his life. It was Noella, clear as day. The blood drained from Belanga's face, |
1:25.3 | but Noella merely smiled and said, |
1:27.8 | Surprise! |
1:30.3 | So what the heck happened? |
1:32.5 | Had Noella really come back from the dead? |
1:35.6 | Well, to find out, we'll need to head back in time a few days. |
1:39.9 | The evening after her stepmother's funeral on February 17th, an exhausted and emotional |
1:46.0 | Noella stepped outside for some fresh air. As soon as she did so, however, she saw a man |
1:52.2 | coming towards her with a gun. Terrified, Noella held her hands in the air and was ushered |
1:58.3 | into a car where she was sat down between two other men. |
2:01.7 | They covered her eyes with a scarf, started the car, and took off into the night. |
2:06.3 | Sometime later, she felt herself being moved and her hands bound. |
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