10 Chilling Stories Of People Who Were Buried Alive

4. An Unnamed Russian Man

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There aren't many people who'd voluntarily choose to bury themselves alive, but that's exactly what a Russian man did in 2011.

After being persuaded by a friend, the man decided that spending a night in a coffin would bring him good fortune - bizarrely. So, he dug himself a grave, fitted a makeshift coffin with holes for air pipes, grabbed a mobile phone and some water, and clambered into the box that would soon become his tomb.

His friend buried the coffin underneath 20cm of earth and left, expecting to return the next morning and dig his live friend from the ground, but unfortunately, that wasn't how it played out.

According to the BBC, the man had actually died during the night. It was suspected that heavy rainfall could have clogged his air pipes, rendering him unable to breathe. The man had hoped that surviving a night underground would bring him luck for the rest of his days, but as it turned out, his luck had already ran out.

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