Woman dies days after knocking inside her coffin
And other stories from the stranger side of life
A woman who was found to be alive after knocking inside her own coffin has been declared dead for the second time. Bella Montoya, 76, was pronounced dead after she was admitted to hospital in Ecuador on 9 June with a suspected stroke and cardiopulmonary arrest. However, at her wake, family members began to hear signs of life. She was rushed back to hospital and placed in intensive care under intubation where she remained for seven days before she died, The Independent reported.
Geese ‘terrorise’ locals in Norfolk
“Violent” geese and “out-of-control” horses are “terrorising” people at a UK beauty spot, said The Telegraph. Locals in Berney Arms, along the Norfolk Broads, are angry with a neighbour over her “aggressive” geese, which they claim are “attacking walkers”. There are also tensions over horses and a pet fox cub. The woman denies the allegations and insists she keeps her animals safe and secure.
US hotel honours old certificate
A hotel in Kansas has agreed to honour a 40-year-old gift certificate found by a local couple in their wedding album, UPI reported. Tim and Melinda O’Brien, who spent their wedding night in 1983 at the old Muehlebach Hotel, discovered the certificate as they prepared for their 40th anniversary. It states that the bearer can use it any year on the month of their wedding anniversary to stay at the same price as their wedding night – in this case, $38 (£29.64).
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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.
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