Call from beyond grave

Warsaw - Startled mourners fled when a mobile phone went off from inside a grave at a cemetery in Poland, the device having apparently…

Warsaw - Startled mourners fled when a mobile phone went off from inside a grave at a cemetery in Poland, the device having apparently been interred along with its owner the previous day. Mourners at a burial alongside were paying their last respects to their loved one when the phone rang.

One woman fainted on the spot. After a while the phone stopped ringing, but not before a number of mourners had left in haste.

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