A South African man presumed by his family to be dead woke up hours later Sunday in a mortuary in a rural part of the country.

After trying to wake the man up multiple times, family members believed he was dead and called the local undertaker in Eastern Cape.

Several hours later, the mortuary staff heard the man screaming. The Christian Post says the staff ran from the room thinking they had heard a ghost.

The man was treated for dehydration at an area hospital in South Africa before being released Monday.