Hey guys what's up it's Charlie here today we're going to be looking at what
if you were buried alive I'm sure none of us would ever want to actually be in
this situation and some of us may even have nightmares about this or it may be
our phobias but it's important you know this stuff as some people really have
been buried alive today we're going to learn about those
people and also learn how long you could survive and how to survive if you're
ever buried alive but before that happens why not subscribe and praise
it's a notification Beltone so first off pretty important question how long could
you survive well believe it or not it actually doesn't depend so much about
you really it all comes down to the coffin itself basically the bigger the
coffin is or the smaller you are the longer you'll survive that's because the
less space you take up means more room for oxygen there will be a very fastly
depleting oxygen supply in the coffin you're in but at the moment that oxygen
goes away then you begin to pass away now because this has never been tested
scientists aren't exactly sure how long a regular healthy person would survive
in a normal sized coffin one scientist said a regular guy would have around 10
minutes to an hour while another scientist was more generous and said a
regular person would have around 6 to 36 hours but I don't recommend testing it
out in your own backyard experiments if you happen to be a swimmer or marathon
runner then good for you you likely have a very good lung capacity and will be
able to hold your breath for a few extra minutes or maybe if your magician David
Blaine you could hold your breath for 17 minutes this is actually a stunt he did
on The Oprah Winfrey Show the average coffin measures around 85 by
30 by 20 inches this gives it a total volume of around 890 liters the average
human body is around 70 liters so this gives us quite a bit of air but every
two minutes a human consumes a liter of oxygen so it would take about six hours
before all of the oxygen in the coffin was consumed but the bad news is you
likely wouldn't be able to get out even if you could hold your breath the saying
six feet under doesn't just say cool and gangster movies it's actually
how deep coffin to bury this means if you broke the word of the coffin then
you'd be buried by a landslide of dirt this would likely crush you and take you
out within a few seconds an avalanche of snow could easily crush somebody within
a few minutes but dirt is even heavier so don't expect to make it out alive
also do it but go into your mouth and nostrils and clog up your Airways so you
couldn't breathe but if you didn't break the coffin if then how would you pass
well actually you'd pass a lot more peacefully carbon dioxide would built up
and this would knock you out then while you would be in a coma your
heart would stop and thenso with the rest of your body
God let's be a bit more positive for a minute and look at how you could survive
you may think if you were trapped in a wooden box 6 feet underground there
would be no way out but there is actually a way to get out and it
involves a few steps the first thing you have to do is calm down nobody would
blame you for being stressed out over getting buried alive but one thing you
do have to do is stop any panic attacks which may be happening it may sound kind
of corny but breathing exercises can help you do this very quickly and will
help to conserve air the next thing you need to do is have a look around in your
coffin it's likely not very big so don't worry it won't take too long you should
check your pockets for any tools or instruments that could be useful
most people are usually buried wearing a belt and a belt buckle could be very
useful here cufflinks or steel toed shoes could also be very helpful and
obviously the ultimate item to have is a cell phone remember even if you don't
have a signal Underground many emergency numbers like 911 tapes up by the nearest
cell tower even if your phone doesn't have any credit or service plan don't
worry you'll still be able to get through in 2017 a businessman who was
buried alive by Russian gangsters used his cell phone to get out that's right
this actually happened to kick met Sal fel who was $400,000 in debt to the
Russian mob the mobsters didn't take his cell phone however and he was able to
call his brother Ismail who came to his rescue and in Japan it's actually a
popular practice to be buried with a phone in case you ever bury lies but if
you don't have a phone at the next thing you can do is resort to a more primitive
way of communicating is by using Morse code you can start
banging the SOS Morse code signal on your coffin with your fist all you need
to do is three quick taps chances are somebody may be walking by and hear a
banging coming from underground in the 19th century this actually did work for
a young woman that named philomene John Troy she had been buried alive and was
able to be dug back out after people heard her banging on her grave she did
pass away pretty much right after but hey at least she got out another thing
you need to do is take very slow deep breaths taking lots of short breaths
will actually make you need more air and that will just waste very precious
minutes while you're underneath the ground now I know I said before that if
you try and dig yourself out you may be crushed by dirt but it could be better
than accepting your certain faith by just remaining in the coffin after all
in 2013 a Brazilian man actually dug him out of a very shallow grave the way to
protect your Airways from dirt getting into it is by covering it with an item
of clothing that's one thing you really have to hope for and you can't control
this is good weather that's not for having a celebratory barbecue after
breaking out instead it's because soil becomes very dense when it's wet and if
the soil gets wet it will be nearly impossible to dig through but if you
guys are really concerned about this maybe take some precautions with you
when you go to the afterlife if you know you're about to pass away soon then
maybe tell relatives to put a cellphone and a torch in your brain and if your
$400,000 in debt to the Russian mob always keep a cell phone on your person
if you ever need rescuing just give me a call but now let's look at some people
in history who were actually buried alive in 1822 a 40 year old German
shoemaker was buried alive but during his funeral the family got a very
surprising shock when they heard banging from the grave they removed all the
earth and got the coffin up as soon as possible in 1915 a 30 year old from
South Carolina named SC Dunbar had a fit everyone had thought she'd passed on but
remember in 1915 doctors weren't exactly as good as they are today she was put in
a coffin put underground but then her sister said she wanted to see her one
last time so they took the coffin back up and open
the lid then a very creepily as he sat up and smiled in everyone around her
amazingly she then went on to live for another fifty years of course I've
already briefly mentioned philomene John train this actually happened all the way
back in 1864 in France she'd been put in her coffin put
underground and then 16 hours later a priest heard something strange he could
hear a banging from underground so immediately got the coffin dagger Philip
II was able to survive for 16 hours underground but as I said she did pass
away pretty much right after that but I knew she got out and finally we have
another case of this happening in France in 1937 a man named Angelo Hays had
fallen off his motorbike and hit his head on a brick wall everyone including
the doctors thought he'd passed on but the local insurance company has some
questions they needed to ask before paying the family any money so two days
after the funeral his body had to be taken back her as they did that they
found out he was actually alive and had just been in a deep coma so next time
you guys complain about how bad insurance companies are remember they
saved this guy's life I mean they were doing this to try and pay a family less
but still so guys vote in the poll if you're going to ask your relatives to
bury you with a phone or not I thought the idea was pretty wacky but after
hearing these stories maybe it's not such a bad idea if you guys want some
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