Teen Wakes Up Inside Coffin During Her Own Funeral, Family in Shock
A 15-year-old girl, Yuleidy Ixcotoyac, has reportedly regained consciousness inside a coffin during her funeral in Guatemala, hours after her father believed she had died.
Yuleidy reportedly collapsed while her father, Abraham Ixcotoyac, was taking her to a medical facility. He stopped the vehicle to check her condition.
Her father, an evangelical pastor, said he could neither detect her pulse nor feel her breathing. He subsequently believed his daughter had died.
Abraham declared her dead in the early hours of Saturday without taking her to a hospital for medical confirmation, according to reports.
“She had simply ceased to exist, she died on the way,” he reportedly told local media, according to The Sun.
He explained that he could not feel a pulse on her wrists or detect her breathing, describing the experience as extremely distressing.
However, no medical professional had confirmed Yuleidy’s death, and no official death certificate had been issued before funeral preparations began.
Her family purchased a coffin and organised a funeral approximately eight hours after she collapsed. Mourners gathered at their home in El Jocote, Guatemala.
The funeral took an unexpected turn when her mother, Lesvia Ríos, noticed movement inside the coffin while crying over what she believed was her daughter’s body.
The grieving mother alerted other mourners after observing signs that the teenager was still alive. Footage reportedly captured the extraordinary moment.
“I kept saying she was alive; she wasn’t dead,” Lesvia reportedly told local media while recounting the incident.
She explained that the family opened the coffin’s viewing window while she was crying and noticed Yuleidy moving inside.
“When I was crying on top of her casket, we opened the window and she was moving, she was waking up and suddenly she sat up,” she said.
Yuleidy, who was wearing a pink T-shirt, suddenly sat upright inside the coffin and began speaking, leaving her relatives struggling to understand what had happened.
Her family immediately helped her out of the coffin and gave her water. The atmosphere of grief quickly changed as relatives celebrated her survival.
Some family members were heard shouting “hallelujah” after realising the teenager was alive, according to footage of the incident.
Yuleidy later described experiencing severe chest pain before losing consciousness, recounting the frightening moments that preceded her collapse.
“My heart started hurting really badly, it felt heavy and then I blacked out, like I fainted,” she reportedly said.
The teenager is now reportedly conscious and recovering at home following the incident. She also expressed gratitude to God for surviving the frightening experience.
The circumstances surrounding her collapse and the reported absence of detectable vital signs remain unclear, as the available account provides no confirmed medical explanation.
