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A 50-year-old South African man woke up inside a mortuary over the weekend and screamed to be let out -- scaring away attendants who thought he was a ghost, BBC reported on Monday.

His family presumed he was dead when they could not wake him on Saturday night and contacted a private morgue in a rural village in the Eastern Cape.

The man -- whose identity has been withheld -- was treated in hospital for dehydration. The hospital said the man's condition was stable and didn't need further treatment.

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南非小镇太平间诈尸

       据英国广播公司周一报道，一名50岁的南非男子周末从太平间苏醒过来，并大声尖叫要求被放出去——周围人员以为他是鬼魂，被吓得落荒而逃。

       该男子周六没有醒来，他的家人以为他已经死亡，就将他送往东开普地区的一家乡村私人停尸间。

       这名未透露身份的男子因脱水，在医院接受治疗。医院方面表示，该男子的情况稳定，无需进一步的治疗。

(China.org.cn July 27, 2011)