http://www.reuters.com/ar...7R20091126

Vietnamese slept beside dead wife for 5 years: report
Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:02am EST

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 website carried a photo of Van with the figure of his wife, which is still in his home.

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.

bboy87 said:

Sicko

Pet Sematary, anyone?

The pain of loss will make you do the craziest things

Ultimately that's just very, very sad.

Harlepolis said:

it isn't really something i find shocking

Fauxie said:

yea. the pain he must feel and emptiness

reminds me of that woman and her baby's dead fetus...she put a little hat on it.

peacenlovealways said:

shame, shame





okay that was funny

peacenlovealways said:

I just choked on fucking apple pie.

peacenlovealways said:

OK I don't feel as bad for laughing at this. It was a little knit cap .

Cinnie said:

missmad said:

But he can't and won't move past that. He literally embraces it.
( I so hate the misuse of the word 'literally' especially in the media. Right up there with the misuse of the word ironic.)

I can't judge this. I feel for the guy.

PunkMistress said:

There was an episode on adult swim...this guy did the same thing when his wife died..., but he was also jerking off under the sheets.

peacenlovealways said:

peacenlovealways said:

peacenlovealways said:

ick ick ick

Wow.... That's more sad than disturbing. I feel sorry for him.

poor bastid, it's depraved & sad

geez

I feel for this guy. Sounds like he really loved his wife and hasn't dealt with her death. I hope he gets some help. Never say never when it comes to love.

Fauxie said:

On the one hand, I am put off completely by that. Ew. Just, ew.

On the other, I feel bad for the guy. Some people do not handle loss well at all.

PunkMistress said:

AWWWWW

Gross, sad, and, in some ways, incredibly beautiful for the intensity of his love & loss.

peacenlovealways said:

Do you think the guy, you know, did it, with his wife.....