This 'dead' guy woke up in a body bag

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This 'dead' guy woke up in a body bag
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February 26 was either Walter Williams' best or worst day.

The Mississippi man was pronounced dead at about 9 p.m. on Wednesday. Coroners zipped him into a body bag and took him away in a hearse. Later, mere moments before coroners were set to embalm him, Williams stirred from within the bag. When workers unzipped it, they found the man to be very much alive and (literally) kicking.

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Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.