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You could almost live in this coffin... PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Wednesday, 03 November 2004
November 03, 2004

A pensioner with a life-time fear of being buried alive has designed a coffin with a built-in alarm system.

Frenchman Angel Hays, 87, has suffered from taphephobia - the fear of being buried alive - since he was 20.
He was involved in a traffic accident that left him so badly injured his family believed he was dead.

Now the octogenarian has built his own coffin that will ensure his survival if he is buried prematurely.

It features an alarm system that can be heard from up to 500m away if there is the slightest movement within the coffin.

It also contains a water holder, food, a ventilation system and a mini bar with 87-year-old Hays' favourite tipple - Ouzo.

Hays told French daily Aujourd'hui: "I was so badly hurt in the accident all those years ago that a coffin had even been delivered to my family's house before I was able to move to let them know I was alive.

"I want to make sure nothing like that will happen again." - Ananova.com

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1099472156291A551
 
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