Bizarre News of the Day

Posted by Jennifer on August 20th, 2008

Aug 19, 8:48 PM EDT
Corpse kept upright for 3-day wake in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — 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 Read Full Story Here