It was a shock but mixed with celebrations among mourners in Guatemala after 15-year-old girl in Guatemala named Yuleidy Ixcotoyac reportedly regained consciousness inside a coffin during her funeral after her family believed she had died.
It was gathered that Ixcotoyac, reportedly collapsed while being driven to a medical centre by her father, Abraham Ixcotoyac, an evangelical pastor.
As reported by The Sun on Tuesday, 13 October, 2026, her father stopped the vehicle and checked her pulse and breathing but believed she was dead after he could neither detect a pulse nor observe signs of breathing.
“I saw that she was no longer breathing and I couldn’t feel her pulse on her wrists. It was a very difficult situation for me. She did not go to hospital,” he told local media, according to The Sun.
The family reportedly arranged a funeral without a doctor confirming her death or an official death certificate being issued.
About eight hours after she collapsed, mourners gathered around the family home in the rural village of El Jocote for the wake.
However, the situation took a dramatic turn when her mother, Lesvia Ríos, reportedly noticed movement as she leaned over the coffin to mourn her daughter.
“I kept saying she was alive; she wasn’t dead,” Ríos told local media.
“When I was crying on top of her casket, we opened the window and she was moving, she was waking up and suddenly she sat up.”
Footage of the incident shows the teenager, dressed in a pink T-shirt, moving inside the coffin before sitting up as stunned mourners gathered around her.
Family members helped her out of the coffin and offered her water, while those present reportedly shouted “hallelujah” in celebration.
Recounting what happened before she collapsed, Yuleidy said she experienced severe chest pain before losing consciousness.
“My heart started hurting really badly, it felt heavy and then I blacked out, like I fainted,” she said.
The teenager is reportedly conscious and recovering at home.
She also expressed gratitude to God for surviving the ordeal.
The video has since circulated widely on social media, with some users describing the incident as a miracle, while others expressed concern about the distressing experience the teenager may have endured.
The circumstances surrounding the incident, including the cause of her collapse and how her death was presumed without medical confirmation, were not immediately clear.
