‘Dead’ woman wakes up in coffin at her own funeral

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Mourners at an Ecuadorian wake were left stunned after their “dead” relative began banging on the inside of her coffin.

Bella Montoya, 76, regained consciousness during the vigil, which was held in the city of Babahoyo on Friday.

Incredible video shows medics tending to Montoya after her loved ones realized she was still alive. She can be seen clearly breathing as she is removed from the casket and placed onto a stretcher.

“Her left hand was hitting the side of the coffin, and it was shaking,” Montoya’s son, Gilbert Balberán, told local media, according to Jam Press.

Balberán claims the wake was held just four hours after Montoya was declared dead, with a medical examiner even providing him with a death certificate.

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Her cause of death was listed as cardiorespiratory arrest.

According to Balberán, the cardiorespiratory arrest caused her to suffer catalepsy — a trancelike condition marked by the rigidity of the body, decreased sensitivity to pain, and slower bodily functions such as breathing.

As a result, hospital staff allegedly believed that she had passed away.

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