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Walter Williams awoke inside Porter and Sons Funeral Home in Lexington, Mississippi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Mississippi man has been found literally alive and kicking in a body bag at a funeral home after being declared dead.<\/p>\n

Workers at Porter and Sons Funeral Home were preparing to embalm Walter Williams on Thursday when he moved.<\/p>\n

A coroner pronounced the 78-year-old dead after finding no pulse when he was called to Mr Williams’ home in the city of Lexington on the previous evening.<\/p>\n

It is thought that his pacemaker may have temporarily stopped working.<\/p>\n

Holmes County coroner Dexter Howard told the BBC he was called to Mr Williams’ home by a hospice nurse, who said the man had passed away.<\/p>\n

Mr Howard said he went through the “normal procedure” of checking for Mr Williams’ vital signs, but found none.<\/p>\n

‘A miracle’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Williams was taken to Porter and Sons Funeral Home and was being prepared for embalming when “we noticed there was some kicking and moving going on”, Mr Howard said.<\/p>\n

“He began to breathe,” he added. “It was a miracle.”<\/p>\n

The farmer and school board employee was taken to a hospital for treatment, where Mr Howard visited him.<\/p>\n

“He’s still holding on,” he said.<\/p>\n

The coroner said Mr Williams’ family were rejoicing and “just in a state of shock” after learning of his recovery.<\/p>\n

Mr Howard said he had never seen anything like this in more than two decades as a coroner.<\/p>\n

“It’s an unusual case,” he said. “I hope he keeps on keeping on.”<\/p>\n

Williams’ nephew, Eddie Hester, told ABC affiliate WAPT: “I don’t know how long he’s going to be here.<\/p>\n

“But I know he’s back right now. That’s all that matters.”<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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