'People Think I¡¯m Dead': Man Discovers Grave In His Name, Blames His Ex-Wife

At one point or another, we all feel a little neglected or ignored as if we do not exist anymore. That became a reality for one man.

Alan Hattel, from Forfar in Scotland, had been receiving no phone or text messages for months and then he found out the reason. He discovered his own grave in a cemetery. He understood why his social life had become eerily quiet. Because people thought he was dead.

Reportedly, Hattel said that the erection of his headstone in Newmonthill Cemetry in Scotland's Forfar was done without his knowledge.

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Now, he wants to let the world know that he is still alive.

The 75-year-old man has spoken to Angus Council about the headstone and is planning to put a cover over the headstone that bears his name.

"People think that I¡¯m dead. My phone hasn¡¯t rung for three or four months. I¡¯ve been confused by it all but now I know why nobody has been calling," The Courier quoted him as saying.

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¡°I don¡¯t even want to be buried ¨C I plan to be cremated," he further said.

Hattel thinks that his ex-wife was behind the whole facade. They had separated about 26 years ago. He claims that his ex-wife had bought the plot of land and put the headstone which bears both their names as she had the intention of both of them being buried together.

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He said, "I¡¯ve never, ever said I wanted to be buried alongside my ex-wife. We¡¯ve been separated 26 years and there¡¯s no animosity but I¡¯m struggling to take it all in. To find out you have a gravestone in a cemetery while you are still alive isn't something that happens every day.¡±

Well, that¡¯s true, we don¡¯t wake up one day only to find we are... dead.