It's terrible but, sad to say, it doesn't surprise me.
Like Jae said, you hear similar stories every year. There's usually an animal related horror story too although I must admit I haven't read about one of those yet this year.
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Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs, cackling and telling me
'You'll be next.' They stopped when I started doing the same to them at funerals.
