Palawan man remains dead despite promise; neighbors complain of stench

Residents of Barangay Inagawan in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan are gagging over the stench coming from the remains of a local medicine man who died two weeks ago but remains unburied or embalmed. Before he died, Alfredo Corpuz had supposedly insisted that he would return to life during a full moon, radio dzBB reported on Tuesday. His family said they were simply following his wishes, even as they were getting complaints from neighbors about the foul smell.

But when a full moon came Monday night with nary a breath from Corpuz, local village officials finally appealed to the family to bury him. — DVM/YA, GMA News