Okay digest this - an inebriated Russian man gets drunk, passes out to the point of being declared dead, comes back to life in a morgue freezer, and goes back to drinking with his friends who were already in mourning.

It is as bizarre as it sounds. Reported by a local Russian newspaper Khasanskiye Vesti, the man was drinking with his close friends when he mysteriously "dropped dead". After his friends phoned the police, the man was taken to a morgue by the paramedics.

Telegraph UK

This is what detective Alexey Stoev had to say:

"That night, the local morgue was filled to capacity. The bodies were not only on the shelves, but also on the floor of the freezer, where our dead hero lay. At some point, the man woke up and did not understand where he was. It was very dark and cold. Plus his brain was fogged by the alcohol. In the darkness, he felt the cold extremities of someone and in fear rushed to the door. But it was locked. Then the man began banging on the door with all his might."

AP

A female employee at the morgue intimated the authorities - who initially didn't quite believe the absurdity of it all and found the man very much alive and breathing. After he was let go, the man didn't head back home. If reports are to be believed, he headed straight to his drinking buddies, from among whom a friend fainted upon seeing his "dead" friend alive again.

Russia sure knows how to throw a party!

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