[–] jacooper 3y ago ↗ Nightmare fuel for sure. [–] hcmacro 3y ago ↗ Perhaps the most terrifying headline I've read in a while.
[–] sacnoradhq 3y ago ↗ The topic of many 18th-19th century patents. [–] oilchange 3y ago ↗ And horror stories like berenice by the great edgar allan poe.
[–] mensetmanusman 3y ago ↗ A wake was to listen for bells:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin [–] ptx 3y ago ↗ The linked Wikipedia article (although interesting) doesn't seem to mention wakes, and the Wikipedia page on wakes [1] claims that this idea is a misconception.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_(ceremony) [–] mensetmanusman 3y ago ↗ Yes, it wasn't started to listen for this situation, it's just funny to me that there were extremely rare occurrences where people did wake up...
[–] ptx 3y ago ↗ The linked Wikipedia article (although interesting) doesn't seem to mention wakes, and the Wikipedia page on wakes [1] claims that this idea is a misconception.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_(ceremony) [–] mensetmanusman 3y ago ↗ Yes, it wasn't started to listen for this situation, it's just funny to me that there were extremely rare occurrences where people did wake up...
[–] mensetmanusman 3y ago ↗ Yes, it wasn't started to listen for this situation, it's just funny to me that there were extremely rare occurrences where people did wake up...
[–] elzbardico 3y ago ↗ I suspect this kind of occurrence, while being an exceedingly rare occurrence, is yet far more common than what we dare to imagine.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_(ceremony)