A raffle was held in Southern Italy recently offering a free funeral as the grand prize. However the winner (ticket number 11) has not turned up to claim their prize. Could it be because they aren’t ready for a funeral yet?
Apparently the holder of the winning ticket in the raffle – held in the town of San Marco in Lamis – is entitled to a free lined coffin, a tombstone, copper candlesticks and a grave site, Il Corriere del Mezzogiorno reported.
There is no deadline for claiming the prize and the winner can give it to somebody else, raffle organizers stated.
Strange … to give away a funeral in the first place and also to purchase a ticket for the raffle … at least in my opinion! It’s kind of morbid, although it would save some expenses for your family once you did kick the bucket.
I would undoubtedly buy a raffle ticket for a free funeral. Gruesome or not, we will all need those services at some point in time.
Maybe the winner hasn’t turned up because they’re dead. They knew they were dying and wanted a free funeral to save some money.
Dwayne.