Man comes back from dead to sign
          on


          A man certified dead and laid out in his coffin has walked to his
          local unemployment office to sign up for benefit.

          Startled neighbours were working in their garden when they
          saw the door open and Ionel Olteanu, 46, wander down his
          path to sign on as usual.

          Locals in the village in Braila, Romania, were shocked because
          they had already paid their last respects and filed past the coffin
          three weeks earlier.

          They had all seen him in his open-top coffin, complete with
          flowers and ritual candles, and had laid bouquets according to
          Orthodox tradition.

          When he appeared at the gate they fell to their knees and made
          the sign of the cross.

          Olteanu is now being treated for dehydration at a local hospital.

          He has told doctors he had been having a really bad nightmare
          about a huge earthquake hitting the country, and then had
          woken up to find himself in the coffin.

          A massive earthquake destroyed much of Bucharest in 1977.

          Doctors say they have no idea how to explain Mr Olteanu's
          apparent resurrection, and are looking into the possibility that
          he is a diabetic and may have fallen into a coma.

          Last updated: 15:55 Friday 29th September 2000.

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