Weird Indian family exhumes son's corpse to revive him

[The Helper]

BHEJAPADAR, India (Reuters) - The corpse of an Indian man was exhumed by his family in a remote eastern village in the belief that a witch doctor could bring him back to life, three days after he died.

Arun Majhi, 21, died after he was bitten by a snake while scouring the jungle near his home for firewood last Thursday and his grieving family buried him the same day.

But two days later, Majhi's mother dreamt that her son could come back to life. On Sunday, they dug his grave, exhumed the corpse and hired Natabara Sahu, a local witch doctor, who promised to do his best.

Family exhumes son's corpse to revive him

The corpse of an Indian man was exhumed by his family in a remote eastern village in the belief that a witch doctor could bring him back to life, three days after he died.

www.reuters.com

 

[johnnyfire]

Just goes to show that superstitions are alive and well... you don't actually believe any do you? eg. friday the 13th, walking under ladders, ladybugs, etc.?

 

[Demi666]

BHEJAPADAR, India (Reuters) - The corpse of an Indian man was exhumed by his family in a remote eastern village in the belief that a witch doctor could bring him back to life, three days after he died.

Arun Majhi, 21, died after he was bitten by a snake while scouring the jungle near his home for firewood last Thursday and his grieving family buried him the same day.

But two days later, Majhi's mother dreamt that her son could come back to life. On Sunday, they dug his grave, exhumed the corpse and hired Natabara Sahu, a local witch doctor, who promised to do his best.

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i didnt know witchdoctors existed^^.... they prob not^^...

 

[johnnyfire]

Witch Doctors exist in superstitious cultures in south asia and the middle east, in the americas they would have been the native american medicine men

 

[pheonixashes]

Pfft, they're doing it all wrong.

Witch Doctor's don't have any type or resurruction.
Use a Spirit Walker or a Death Knight or a Paladin to revive him. God.

 

[DuckieKing]

Superstitions are widespread in India, especially in rural areas where an ineffectual schooling system has left millions illiterate and uneducated.

Sounds almost as if they're assuming not just correlation but cause. As both a proponent of superstition and an uneducated illiterate, I take offense.