Close encounter with a couple embalmer
Tuesday, September 18, 2007The story
He glanced at the table near him where a cold lifeless body was. There was something in the air inside the room, something he cannot explain. Hair stood at the back of his neck as cold wind enveloped him. He felt someone was watching him. But who could be, he was left alone in the morgue in the middle of the night. He threw one look on his only companion. He was so shocked that no voice escaped from him. Looking back at him was corpse’s eyes, the saddest eyes he ever saw.
She laughed with amusement.
“Fortunately, I don’t have that kind of experience!” Jafe laughed again. “Ask him, mas matagal na siya sa service,” she pointed at the man sitting near her.
“Mas nakakatakot pa ang buhay kaysa sa patay,” Jopith couldn’t help but laughed, too.
We heard stories, creepy ones happened in morgues but for Jopith Echavez and Jafe Alba Echavez, they spent most of their time in a place where most people would not dare stay. A morgue or mortuary is a building or room (as in a hospital) used for the storage of human remains.
“Here in St. Therese Chapels we call it body preparation room,” explained Jopith.
