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Another article about the same case makes this smell even more like The Onion: https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/vanhempansa-pakastanut-mies-perustelee-tekojaan-jopa-muinaiset-faaraot/9391918

An elderly doctor says he froze his parents’ bodies at his father’s request. During police questioning, he spoke of pharaohs, catacombs, and Elon Musk.

“My father’s wish for me, as his eldest son, was that his body be mummified and preserved, and not disposed of by society through cremation or burial,” the man said during police questioning.

He says his father advocated for “ecological diversity, a pleasant lifestyle, and freedom of religion and funeral rites.”

“Even the ancient Egyptian pharaohs spent half their lives preparing for death. So did the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, who wants to be buried on Mars. I’ve heard this from my father before.”

According to the son, he was supposed to build a burial chamber for his parents. At first, his father had asked him to build the burial chamber in the United States. The family’s third child, the sons’ sister, has lived in the United States for several decades, and according to the son, his parents visited her there every summer.

“My father believed that his body would remain ‘forever’ and allow future archaeologists—if they were so inclined—to study what the human body was like back then. This isn’t some delusion of grandeur, but rather a product of the thinking of that era,” the man explained.

He said he must fulfill his father’s request to the end.

“This must be seen through to the end. I have promised, and I have a sacred duty to build the burial chamber and prepare the eternal coffins,” he said.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 18 hours ago

I feel like he's not really getting on with building that burial chamber though.

[–] Delusions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

hes different, he was taken from the siberian permafrost and was reanmiated with lindsey's SOul, after elaine chao went to a bhuddist temple to learn the secrets of reincarniation.

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Is the world getting massively stupider or am I just noticing how stupid its always been???

[–] Exatron@lemmy.world 1 points 54 minutes ago
[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What brand freezer?

Sounds really reliable, and I'm in the market for one

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 points 18 hours ago

Good luck finding a freezer nowadays with that kind of build quality.

[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hope he left a good review online

Excellent, reliable freezer.

Kept my father safely frozen for 30 years. Would buy again for Mom.

[–] JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone 7 points 1 day ago

Minimal freezer burn, still tasted fine.

[–] starik@lemmy.today 32 points 1 day ago

Funny how the translation refers to an 81-year-old man as “the boy.”

[–] candyman337@piefed.ca 58 points 1 day ago

Father died 30 years ago, but he heard his father talk about Elon Musk? Just a lil bit of psychosis there

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago

I get it. My grandma's remains have been in my kitchen for more than ten years now. It's been on my TODO list the whole time, but like, she's not going anywhere.

[–] Ghost_Mermaid@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought my parents were cold.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

And they thought it was bad when they froze me out of the will.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Im confused how this man is claiming that his father "wanted a burial like Elon Musk" if his father died in 1996 when nobody knew who Musk was.

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

So, it could've been a simple mix up. People (old people, like Pharaohs but also modern people like Elon) talk about preserving bodies and his father talked about this too. This in this case being preserving bodies, not Elon.

I know language-wise the 'this' could have been Elon. Dude is clearly a few donuts short of a dozen, but the article is translated from Finnish. I'm sure it could be lost in translation or something.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Maybe he used AI to get out this situation, and the AI threw in Elon Musk into the mix.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

THE CYLINDER MUSK NOT BE HARMED.

[–] CalypsoGirl@lemmy.today 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I guess that's a pun, not a typo.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

You're GOD DAMN right it is.

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 112 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"yeah I was supposed to build a burial chamber for my mom and dad, but I procrastinated. just a little bit."

[–] soyslurper2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hate it when that happens

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[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 66 points 1 day ago (9 children)

and allow future archaeologists—if they were so inclined—to study what the human body was like back then.

Archeologist studying bones in a long-unpowered freezer:

"Serial killer. Definitely a serial killer."

[–] sapphironZA@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

And millinia later someone recovers some chronoradiography data proving it was a ritual suicide to achieve divine preservation through bulk paper roll storage in the tomb.

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[–] iatenine@piefed.social 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

An 81-year-old man stands accused of two counts of violating the sanctity of a grave

What grave?

[–] AnAverageSnoot@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Apparently they dug up another grave for some reason. The parents thing is a sidenote, not the actual crime I think

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 26 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I'm going to be cremated. That way my kids don't have to pay rent for my body to be located taking space somewhere.

[–] Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm donating my body for science and medical purposes, then they do the cremation for free. Help science, least burden on family.

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

First healthy organs to patients who need it.

The rest to science.

Anything left can be cremated.

[–] SaneMartigan@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I don't get a choice, it's organ donation or science donation in Australia.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think a lot of those bodies just end up getting used for target practice essentially... Or to test weapons.

[–] Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I doubt that, at least where I live that's highly unlikely. As far as I know, most of the bodies are used for medical students for practice and education.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah imagine a bunch of random kids cutting yiu open playing with your testicles trying to impress a girl in the class.... This happens. I know because my medical student friends from the dorm used to take about the weird stuff they did. There's also the ever growing "bodies" exhibition... And again my testicles inside out for people to be impressed...

But maybe it will help something. It's not a bad cause.

[–] Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago

Lol I couldn't care less who fondled my dead body in class.

Also the Bodies exhibition is metal as hell. Ending up in there would be a win in my books.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ve also looked into it but your body basically need to be donated within 24 hours after death. Makes it basically impossible to have a funeral. Like I don’t give a fuck, but my loved ones probably do.

[–] Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Your family gets the cremated remains after they're done with it. I guess it might be like a week or so?

We're not big on ceremonies anyway, so delaying for a couple of weeks or holding a wake without any physical remains wouldn't be a big deal.

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You should consider being creamer-mated instead of. That way your loved ones get to put you in their coffee every day.

[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i hereby declare this my first angry upvote

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I plan on being Crème brûlée'd.

1000004599

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[–] rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 63 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 hours ago

Collecting the retirement...

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 24 points 1 day ago

Was totally expecting a pension fraud story.

Instead it’s just a weirdo.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I mean, he didn't harm anyone. So I'd say this is just an odd request/action. I don't think there is a crime here. But fucking police just have to arrest because they don't know any different.

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 17 points 1 day ago

He dug up a grave in a public graveyard, that is not really a victimless crime..

He is also suspected of digging up a family grave last autumn. His 70-year-old brother has been charged with the same offence.

The 70-year-old brother took this photo of his older brother digging up a grave at a cemetery in Turku last year.

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