THERE was pandemonium at a funeral wake in Mpopoma suburb in Bulawayo when mourners fled a corpse after it reportedly “rose from the dead” and started “knocking” on the coffin.
The incident occurred last week at a house situated near Mpopoma Park during evening prayers.A mourner told reporters that the body had been brought home in preparation for burial the following day.
“As you know our African tradition entails that when a person dies, a day before burial he or she is brought home. We all thought that it was a routine tradition not knowing that we were going to get the shock of our lives,” said the mourner.
The mourner said they heard noise coming from the coffin while a pastor was giving a sermon.“It was really scary because everyone was quiet, listening attentively to the pastor and all of a sudden people who were sitting inside the house started screaming,” he said.
The mourner said the pastor inquired as to what was happening only to get a response that the corpse had “knocked”.
“However, the pastor quickly quelled the screams and told the mourners that they were frightened by his preachings as everyone was going to die and that it was impossible for anyone to rise from the dead apart from Jesus Christ,” he said.
The source said after the screams had subsided and the pastor having recommenced preaching the corpse started “knocking” again which resulted in mourners sitting inside the house fleeing outside.
“There was almost a stampede because everyone was afraid even the pastor was visibly so. Mourners who were sitting outside also took off headed for the gate.”
The source said some male mourners together with the pastor later gathered courage and went inside the house to check if the corpse was still knocking.
“After they got back inside, the knocking had reportedly stopped but no one dared open the coffin for fear of the unknown,” said the source.
The source said some of the mourners immediately left before the sermon ended.“We are Africans my brother and I do not blame those people for fleeing because no one knew what was happening,” he said.
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dai vakavhura myb munhu akanga ari mupenyu
Comment by waani — January 4, 2010 @ 8:40 am
inga zvakaoma nhai veduweee rina tiudzeka pane iyi ndeipi yakatambika nhai iwe?
Comment by pfee — January 4, 2010 @ 9:37 am
Waani, you are rigt maybe munhu aive mupenyu,if it was my relative i would have opened the coffin and have felt very glad kuti hama yangu yamuka. There is no way my dead relative would knock on the coffin and i dont go and investigate kuti chi chirikuitika. makano viga munhu ari mupenyu nekungotya zvisina nebasa rose.
Comment by Me — January 4, 2010 @ 2:39 pm
I know we are sooo African, but if I was there I would have opened the coffin; sometimes the person is still alive depending on the cause of death. People have been known to wake up in the morgue.
Comment by Pablo — January 4, 2010 @ 3:01 pm
Zvinotyisa. Asi dai vakavhura coffin iri. Pamwe anga arimupenyu. Miracles are still happening. How could the pastor just say Jesus is the only one to rise from the dead. Pastor munekutenda kushoma. Pamwe mharidzo yenyu yakamutsa mufi. Praise the lord in Jesus’ name Amen.
Comment by Mai Wilex — January 4, 2010 @ 3:14 pm
ko ivo paster vakanyanyotyawo zvakadero sei,munhu akanga asina kufa uyu, ko was the the person certified dead by the doctor? ko nyaya iyi yakazopera sei
Comment by sicho — January 4, 2010 @ 3:48 pm
Your story is not conclusive. What happened afterwards. Was the person alive or it was some kind of a trick?
Comment by ttt — January 4, 2010 @ 3:59 pm
Silly people, the person was alive. Tsk tsk tsk.
Comment by Gregory — January 4, 2010 @ 4:28 pm
Waani is right. They should have opened the coffin. Guy was probably alive. These things happen you know. People pronounced dead and suddenly waking up to the surprise of medical science.
Comment by Comrade X — January 4, 2010 @ 4:58 pm
Gets you thinking. If this is a true story then was a postmortem done etc etc coz people are noramally cut open during this. ro those day are long gone in Zim?
Comment by Xolani — January 4, 2010 @ 5:52 pm
THIS IS A FAKE STORY, VANOGOTADZA KUVHURA COFFIN RACHO SEI.
Comment by gono — January 4, 2010 @ 5:58 pm
you african pips you should have opened the coffin coz u clearly burried him alive
Comment by horatio — January 4, 2010 @ 7:51 pm
inga munoimba kuti muka muka iwe, hezvo omuka moti gumbo ndibereke
Comment by alyice — January 4, 2010 @ 7:53 pm
Nyaya haina kupera iyi… vakaregerei kuvhura coffin. I think it would be a very joyous moment to see munhu anga anzi afa ari mupenyu anesima rekuita knock!! Dai vakavhura coffin… zvimwe anga ari mu koma kwete kufa!!!
Comment by mai sorobi — January 4, 2010 @ 8:30 pm
ko vanhu vanogotizei dai yaiva hama yangu i wld be over the moon, kupembera chaiko. pple vanongomhanya speed yembwa nhatu kuchema kuti munhu afa ko kana maimuda makagotadza sei kuvhura coffin kuti muone hama yenyu munhu aive asina kufa stupid belief yemabhoi he/she regain consiuosness bieng in comma doesn’t mean you r dead makaipa fani vamufundisi
Comment by zvemugumbeze — January 4, 2010 @ 9:33 pm
WELL ALL Y’ALL ARE GOING ON AND ON, BUT HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF BODY VIEWING, THIS STORY IS SHITTY AND UNTRUE, vanoti maivhura coffin dont fool yourselves and us coz you will be first one running kutizachaiko, juju is alive in zim jus like in Nigeria
Comment by ini wacho — January 5, 2010 @ 12:26 am
same thing iu thot yu knw the person had probly been in a comma they realy shld have checked.
anywre mayh that person’s soul rest in peace
Comment by zimbo — January 5, 2010 @ 1:34 am
Hey they burried him/her alive, munhu anogona kuenda pakoma
hey hama dzakaipa idzi
Comment by Marowa — January 5, 2010 @ 7:41 am
its easier said ,than done dai maivepo maipamira imii siya vanhu vamhanye neupenyu wavo…..
Comment by marian — January 5, 2010 @ 1:01 pm
reporter ari kunyepa..ngaapedze nyaya yake
Comment by Mark — January 5, 2010 @ 1:47 pm
Bepa nhau iri rinonyepa priz….qhati mhani!!!!
Comment by Anyemba — January 5, 2010 @ 2:49 pm
Kana nemiwo vamufundisi kwakutiza, muzodziwa washe here, chero raive dhimoni kana mweya wakashata , handiti ndopamunofanirwa kutomira kutisika modhila nawo.Apa makakanganisa chaizvo you buried this person alive.Because of the fear of the unknown nonsense , hama yako here? yawunoti the unkown.Me, i would open that coffin very fast, chinondiwana regachindiwane tinopedzerana.
Comment by zvandibhowa — January 5, 2010 @ 2:58 pm
I thought the pastor was preaching about salvation beyond if it happened Why then did He not take courage to open the Coffin. It has happened elswhere in the world. I guess as Africans we are so superstitious and naive.
Comment by nehoreka11 — January 6, 2010 @ 4:42 am
kapaper aka kakunyepa kunge kwaedza manje
Comment by munhu — January 6, 2010 @ 6:57 am
ko iye munhu wacho akanga ava nemazuva mangani achinzi afa, uye akamboendeswa here ku mortuary? what was the cause of the said death? otherwise getting answers to these questions would help a sane person to know the truthabout this story. maybe paitovawo negonzo seri kwecoffin. if its true that there was this knocking, on a funeral with a great multitude poshaya 1 munhu zvake angaite maguts ekuvhura coffin to see what was tranjspiring? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>food for thought
Comment by mazano — January 6, 2010 @ 10:59 am
Saka zvakazodini,,,nyaya iyi haina kupera
Comment by ssss — January 6, 2010 @ 1:49 pm
asi vanga vamupa muchetura kani kubva varamba kuvhura vaida kuti anyatsofa
Comment by rabson pofera — January 6, 2010 @ 1:58 pm
ava ndivo varoyi chaivo. komufundisi semunhu anemweya waMwari angadai akaitaka zvavanoita vachiti tinodzinga madhimoni.
Comment by heath nhandara — January 6, 2010 @ 2:03 pm
nhai veduwe-e mungabva matiza hama yenyu here pamwe anga arimupenyu,aida help,asi hapana aimuda munhu iyeye nekuti dai mairwadziwa nekufa kwake maitopavhura chete,zvisinei makaita hutsinye mukaita kuti afe achitambura mubox imomo dai vese vaivepo vakafa vakavharirwawo makamanikidzika se coffin.
Comment by kashorty — January 6, 2010 @ 3:01 pm
God forbid oh. me go run away oh.
Comment by Osita Iheme — January 6, 2010 @ 3:58 pm
MANGE MUNE GONZO MUCOFFIN PERIOD
Comment by GEE — January 7, 2010 @ 1:43 pm
In the olden times in England, they used too tie a bell on the outside by the grave to a string from inside the coffin in case the departed arose, though this wasnt always a great idea asyou ended up with the devil’s reject.
Comment by jacktheswede — January 7, 2010 @ 1:57 pm
Ndine problem neChechi yaiva parufu apa. Dai aive mapositori aivhura nokuti ane zvivindi. Uyezve mapositori haavigi munhu ari mubhokisi saka vaitozovhura bhokisi iri chete pakuviga.
Munhu akavigwa ari mupenyu uyu.
Comment by Abroad — January 8, 2010 @ 2:08 pm
nyaya yakaneta sei isinakupra vakamboita body viewing here? kutipedzera nguva.
Comment by chomakso — January 10, 2010 @ 1:14 am
How can a sane person ignore a knock from a coffin? This just shows that mourners were more ready to believe in the dark spirit world while ignoring common sense which dictates that the peson was asking for help. Poor soul, he/she could hear relatives burrying him alive instead of saving him.
With such form of stupidity being demonstrated by a buch of mature people people, we may as well forget about development in Zim
Comment by ruoni — January 10, 2010 @ 2:11 pm
Pane mutsauko pakati pe knock and a crack. The moment you let fear take hold of you, all reasoning flies out of the window. Uku kwaingori kutsemuka kwe coffin raive nechitunha chaive pa stage yekuzvimba kazhinji kwedumbu dumbu. Kuvhura box kwaitozopa vanhu basa rekurivhara pakare. Musazvipamhe.
Comment by Chanda Munotyei — January 11, 2010 @ 12:11 pm
Hapana nyaya apa muri kunyeperwa nemunyori wemanyepo. Ndokushaya nyaya uku guys…..sei kuit bata kumeso. Zvakagozodiii. Reporter anorota uyu….chiii nhai??
Comment by CHIPO CHASHE — January 14, 2010 @ 1:22 pm
They buried him alive, yakambotambika kuChiweshe, coffin rikavhura wanike chitunha chamuka chakadikitiira.
Comment by viola muza — January 20, 2010 @ 9:38 am
yakambotambika kuChiweshe, coffin rikavhura wanike chitunha chamuka chakadikitiira.
Comment by viola muza — January 20, 2010 @ 9:38 am
The story does not have a single element of truth, ingano iyi, there is no way the chief/sabhuku would have agreed to let the burial go on under such bizzare circumstances, I don’t like to think all the men and women there agreed the “corpse” be buried without checking. Again, if the incident happened the night before burial, the coffin was or would still be opened the following day just before burial for body viewing. Please nyorai nyaya dzechokwadi or you would rather introduce a column cold Ngano for such stories.
Comment by blaJonso — January 28, 2010 @ 8:24 am
one of those african beliefs and noone can raise from the died .
Comment by brian — January 29, 2010 @ 7:05 am
chikwambo chaisada kuenda nemuridzi saka chainoka chichida kuvhurirwa. nyamba unganyepe
Comment by zigamba ragiribheti — February 10, 2010 @ 9:28 pm
I think This Pastor haana kuenda kuBible school. And he is a Fake pastor. I think ndewe Masowe vasingaverenge bible. To hell Pastor
Comment by Svirimoni — February 11, 2010 @ 10:33 am
Dis is fake..pakabva pashaikwawo munhu akaita chiwindi akavhura cofin.
Comment by Zizworks — February 25, 2010 @ 5:21 pm
Munhu uyu aiva ari mupenyu chaizvo, vanhu vakangotya havo…Dai vakavhura coffin
Comment by Anonymous — March 5, 2010 @ 9:25 am
apa pepa ranyepa iri, ko mufundisi apedza kuparidza vakaita here body viewing befor burial. kana mashaya nyaya dzekunyora nyararai pliz!
Comment by tich — August 14, 2010 @ 8:36 pm