Thursday, April 29, 2010

Puerto Rico funeral home embalms man on motorbike

A controversial Puerto Rican funeral home has embalmed a shooting victim onboard a motorcycle in a hunched over racing position.

David Morales Colón, who was shot last Thursday, was dressed casually wearing a black baseball cap, black sunglasses and a long-sleeved black T-shirt.



He was positioned onboard his Repsol-liveried Honda CBR600F4 on request from his family, as the motorcycle was a gift from his uncle.

The Marin Funeral Home made news headlines two years ago after it embalmed a man and kept the body standing upright for during a three-day wake.

7 comments:

arbroath said...

I find the whole embalming thing to be creepy and unnecessary. Turning biodegradable material into toxic waste before burying it into the ground seems kind of foolish to me.

arbroath said...

weirdoooooos....

arbroath said...

it's so weird to think that I am actually watching a dead man ...

arbroath said...

Its in a graveyard, so this 'toxic waste' making its way into the human population shouldnt be a big concern

arbroath said...

It will be if everyone starts to do it.

Anonymous said...

People are always looking for a way to make money.  Its creepy but no different than the celebrities in the wax museum.  The only difference is thats a dead person on the bike.

Insolitus said...

Don't be ridiculous. There's a huge difference between a life-like statue and a preserved dead person.