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Offline jendf

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Puerto Rico corpse kept upright during 3-day wake
« on: August 19, 2008, 08:39:55 PM »


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Puerto Rico corpse kept upright for 3-day wake
Aug. 19, 2008 10:00 AM
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing - even in death.

A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.

Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother's living room.
His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: "He wanted to be happy, standing."

The owner of the Marin Funeral Home, Damaris Marin, told The Associated Press the mother asked him to fulfill her dead son's last wish.

Pantoja was found dead Friday underneath a bridge in San Juan and buried Monday. Police are investigating.


Creepy.
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Re: Puerto Rico corpse kept upright during 3-day wake
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2008, 08:43:05 PM »
WTH????
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Re: Puerto Rico corpse kept upright during 3-day wake
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2008, 09:20:12 PM »
Reminds me of some backstage parties from the 70's.
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Re: Puerto Rico corpse kept upright during 3-day wake
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2008, 09:24:57 PM »
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Re: Puerto Rico corpse kept upright during 3-day wake
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2008, 09:27:20 PM »
Rip Off of Weekend at Bernie's?
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Re: Puerto Rico corpse kept upright during 3-day wake
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2008, 10:15:58 PM »
Schade would hit on him.

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Re: Puerto Rico corpse kept upright during 3-day wake
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2008, 11:11:47 AM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on August 19, 2008, 10:15:58 PM
Schade would hit on him.

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I could make a "Stiffy" joke here but will refrain.
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Re: Puerto Rico corpse kept upright during 3-day wake
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2008, 11:13:47 AM »
Quote from: rich_t on August 19, 2008, 09:27:20 PM
Rip Off of Weekend at Bernie's?

"Weekend At Pedros" Doesn't have the same comedic ring to it...
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Re: Puerto Rico corpse kept upright during 3-day wake
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2008, 11:27:12 AM »
They even posed him in a "homie" stance.  They probably should've included a little motion-activated recording that said, "S'up, dawg."

This part is interesting:

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Pantoja was found dead Friday underneath a bridge in San Juan

Can't imagine what he died from, but I bet he was well-ventilated.
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