Sipho William Mdletshe 1993
Sipho William Mdletshe is a South African man who had everything going for him when he was 24 years old. He was engaged and happy. That was until a fateful day when he was driving with his wife. The pair were involved in a serious car accident. Paramedics who arrived at the accident believed that Sipho Mdletshe’s injuries were too severe and that there was no way that he could have survived.
There were no signs of life so instead of taking Sipho Mdletshe to the hospital he was taken directly to the morgue. His fiancé survived the crash and started mourning the loss of her fiancé. Sipho Mdletshe spent two days in a cold, locked cabinet in the morgue before he came back to life. As he gradually came to he realized that he was locked in a small, dark container. He thought for a moment that he might have even been buried.
Once he was fully aware of his situation he began making loud noises and banging inside the box. Luckily for him, morgue workers heard the commotion and were suitably freaked out. They figured out which cabinet the noise was coming from and pulled it open to reveal a perfectly awake and lucid Sipho Mdletshe. Despite whatever injuries he may have had from the accident he was so happy to alive that he knew the first thing he needed to do was visit his fiancé.
He made his way to her house and knocked on the door. When she opened it she screamed and refused to let him into the house believing that he was a zombie. Her fear is understandable considering Sipho Mdletshe had been declared dead for two days and had just emerged fresh from the morgue looking exactly as he did after the car accident. However, he was well-taken care by the hospital staff and made a recovery from his injuries. Convincing his fiancé that he was not a zombie was a much harder feat.