India, Sept. 16 -- Puri: In a bizzare incident akin to a zombie movie plot, an elderly woman, presumed dead, showed signs of life barely minutes before her cremation in Swargadwar in Odisha's Puri district.
The woman, identified as P Laxmi (86) from Polasara in Ganjam district, was found alive just before her body was to be consigned to the flames. The incident not just shook family members but also scared the daylights out of onlookers when she resumed consciousness at the funeral pyre.
Hailing from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, Laxmi was visiting her son in-law at Polasara. Family members said Laxmi's health was deteriorating given her age. She was under treatment at a local hospital where doctors declared her dead. "When she did not o...