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!Zar!

08-21-2008 05:12 PM

Corpse kept upright for 3-day wake in Puerto Rico

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing - even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.

Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother's living room.

His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: "He wanted to be happy, standing."

The owner of the Marin Funeral Home, Damaris Marin, told The Associated Press the mother asked him to fulfill her dead son's last wish.

Pantoja was found dead Friday underneath a bridge in San Juan and buried Monday. Police are investigating.

Damn. Still keepin it gangster even after passing on.

CrimsonRockett

08-21-2008 05:15 PM

Crazy.

Really crazy...

jrbump

08-21-2008 05:19 PM

I bet Lenin wishes he thought of that.

SexPanda

08-21-2008 05:27 PM

dude thats fucking creepy lol.

DOOK	08-21-2008 05:41 PM

I think I'll have my weiner stood up when I die...

edit: this was my 6666th post... eternal erection... bling blang

nismo tuned s14

08-21-2008 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by !Zar!

Damn. Still keepin it gangster even after passing on.

LOL!!11!!1! That's hilarious.

LeftNutOfGowd

08-21-2008 06:12 PM

Old news read about it like 3 days ago..But it's still some crazy shit

!Zar!

08-21-2008 06:18 PM

Well, let me get you a trophy then.

BustedS13

08-21-2008 06:53 PM

seen it, but....
whenever i get around to making my last will and testament, i'm putting in that i want to be turned into a marionette for my funeral. i want to be the first guy sitting there when everybody comes in, and then halfway through they put a spotlight on my corpse and make me dance into the casket.

Matej

08-21-2008 07:11 PM

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lok	08-21-2008 08:02 PM

its a fuckin zombie!

you gotta shoot'em in the head.

RiversideS13

08-21-2008 08:10 PM

i just realized the glasses is brand new still has label on the lens.

anyway, this is very disturbing

how can they sleep while they know that he is "standing" at corner of living room.

jrbump

08-22-2008 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by LeftNutOfGowd (Post 2267338)

Old news read about it like 3 days ago..

So how was the wake?

ronmcdon

08-22-2008 12:36 AM

hmmm...if it were me I would use darker glasses and/or force the eyes open. maybe also not put him in the corner like a prop. but hey, I give him credit for trying something out like this. it's admirable to use one's own death as a means of having fun and/or creative expression.

DRavenS13

08-22-2008 12:39 AM

They should have a taxidermist come and upkeep him regularly, so he can post up in the corner indefinitely.

They could put him back out on the street and sell weed.

Weekend at Bernie's- GANGSTA STYLE.

ALTRNTV

08-22-2008 01:48 AM

That's fucking creepy. What if it moves?

qwikspool

08-22-2008 03:03 AM

creepy. keeping it gangster

slow_sr20

08-22-2008 06:51 AM

when i die just prop me up at the bar.

Dirty Habit

08-22-2008 07:35 AM

Reminds me of the movie unforgiven, where they decorate the bar with eastwoods friend.

I love the ending of that movie.

WanganRunner

08-22-2008 07:48 AM

LOL!

It's like someone sent a hypebeast to the taxidermist!

"Hey Jimbo, where'd you bag that one?"

"I shot him outside of the HUF store, my cousin Bubba stuffed him for me"

axiomatik

08-22-2008 09:44 AM

creepy.......

shishcabobers

08-22-2008 10:05 AM

So they basically left him at the corner of the room for 3 days? lawlz

exitspeed

08-22-2008 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by axiomatik (Post 2268600)

creepy.......

That's all I could think of.

s13poop

08-22-2008 10:41 AM

lol the side of his glasses say gabba :keke:

norcal_black240

08-22-2008 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by axiomatik (Post 2268600)

creepy.......

+2 That is really creepy

S13_Nightkid

08-22-2008 12:06 PM

The odor had to be getting worse and worse. Wtf. some people need help.

KwKouki

08-22-2008 01:17 PM

they should have done his mouth all open so he can grille his peeps when they come pay respects

mrpeepers

08-22-2008 02:03 PM

this guy is soooo dead....why is anyone putting their face that close?!?!

SimpleS14

08-22-2008 02:14 PM

Man that is definitely creepy, but if that is how he wanted to be and his family is ok with it...so be it.

It's still creepy...thank goodness his eyes and mouth are not open.

mRclARK1

08-22-2008 05:01 PM

Imagine how stupid you would feel if you bumped into him and knocked him over.

BAM!!!

"Uhhh... oops"

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