Woman Shocked To Find Her Grave Already Occupied

[matcom]

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DIMONDALE - When Carol Vasquez went to Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens on Saturday to decorate the family plot for Memorial Day, she saw something that made her hair stand on end:

The spot Vasquez had reserved as her eternal resting place - the grave immediately beside her husband's future grave - was freshly occupied. A layer of straw guarded newly planted grass seed. A pot of red geraniums hung from a shepherd's hook at the head of the grave.

The visit to Forest Lawn should have been a tranquil, soothing moment for Vasquez, who lives in Haslett. But the undeniable evidence of an intruder delivered a wallop to her already ailing heart.

"I was totally devastated," said Vasquez, a 53-year-old heart patient scheduled for further surgery later this month.

Eviction notice

Vasquez immediately phoned the cemetery official on duty that day - at a different location.

Vasquez's message was clear and direct: "I told her, 'Get this person out of my grave.' "

And so it shall be.

http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050602/COLUMNISTS09/506020343/1016/columnists09

[sniffa]

1. squatters

i knew it was just a matter of time before they started squatting in peopLes' graves.

[Spinzonner]

2. Can't she just rent it out until she needs it ?

[realisticphish]

3. subletting graves...

hmmm....

[underpants]

4. She never thought she would live to see the day

:bounce: