Rest In Peace

Man slept beside dead wife for 5 years
By REUTERS

HANOI (Reuters) - A Vietnamese man dug up his wife's corpse and slept beside it for five years because he wanted to hug her in bed, an online newspaper reported on Thursday.

The 55-year-old man from a small town in the central province of Quang Nam opened up his wife's grave in 2004, molded clay around the remains to give the figure of a woman, put clothes on her and then placed her in his bed, Vietnamnet.vn said.

The man, Le Van, told the website that after his wife died in 2003 he slept on top of her grave, but about 20 months later he worried about rain, wind and cold, so he decided to dig a tunnel into the grave "to sleep with her."

His children found out, though, and prevented him from going to the grave. So one night in November 2004 he dug up his wife's remains and took them home, Vietnamnet reported.

The father of seven said neighbors did not dare visit the house for several years.

"I'm a person that does things differently. I'm not like normal people," he was quoted as saying.

I can completely understand this guy's situation. I love snuggling as much as the next guy and unless I pay for the whole nite I can never get anyone to snuggle with me. So I have to resort to a body pillow. I guess this guy kind of had the same idea but why settle for some ridiculous pillow when you can just dig up your wife? I know it says "till death do us part" in the vows but it gets cold at nite.

P.S. - Nice quote. Trust me buddy. We all know you're different. That's become painfully obvious.