Newspaper Clipping of the Day

Via Newspapers.com

 

This bizarre little news item appeared in the “Paterson Morning Call” on January 2, 1957:

Because a man who was buried alive there several months ago has vanished, residents of Sulmona, Italy, are giving a wide berth to one part of their town.

Raoul Hinay, 50, a Hungarian who had learned Yogi in India, visited Sulmona with a concert troupe and agreed to demonstrate his unusual powers by being buried alive before witnesses.  His hands were firmly tied, he was placed in a coffin and lowered into an 18-foot grave which was then filled with earth.  He was to remain buried for eight hours.  Witnesses included a doctor, judge, and the local police chief.  Eight hours later the coffin was brought up with the seals apparently intact.  The lid was removed.  The ropes were there but Raoul was gone.  No tunnel or other way out was in evidence--and the Hungarian never has been found.

I haven’t found any other source for this story, so it’s anyone’s guess how much--if any--of the story is true.