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A man from Sri Lanka, died trying to beat his previous attempt at being buried alive!
Janaka Basnayake from the town of Kantale was buried in a trench, sealed with wood and soil and had previously survived two attempts, one which was for two and a half hours and the other at six hours.
The mans relatives and friends helped Janaka to bury himself in a "grave" measuring 10 feet (3 metres) deep, but was "exhumed" unconscious some 6 and a half hours later.
Mr Basnayake aged 24 was taken to hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
A post-mortem has not revealed the exact cause of death and medical investigations are ongoing.
The government has asked people not to try this or similar "high risk" events.
It is not known if an official record exists for the longest time being buried alive.
I think you have to have a degree of madness to attempt a record like this, considering that there seems to be no accolade for such a weird achievement!
I also think that if you had relatives who allowed you to attempt this AND assist you, then most of the family and his friends probably need their heads seen to as well!
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