SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing — even in death.
Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother’s living room.
A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.
His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: “He wanted to be happy, standing.”
The owner of the Marin Funeral Home, Damaris Marin, told The Associated Press the mother asked him to fulfill her dead son’s last wish.
Pantoja was found dead Friday underneath a bridge in San Juan and buried Monday. Police are investigating.
via statesman.com
That is some twisted crap right there broda….
I love my kids but I’m not going to get any of them stuffed if they should pass before me!!!
I just have one word…GHETTO.
Is he grabbing his crotch? LOL! A loser even in death.
Creepy. Whatever makes you happy I guess.
this has totally fucked up my life.
LeeAn you are a cunt. While you may not agree with the family and the deceased’s wishes, doesn’t mean to say you have to be so classless. When you die, I’m sure your parents will grant your wishes to keep your legs spread open througout the wake and I’m certain no one will cum by! bwhahahahaha! Stupid idiot.
OHHHHH KILT EM!!!
KILT EM!!!
Creepy just creepy. It’s creepy enough having it in the house let alone propping him up like that. What if he fell over like a Christmas tree? Dressing him up like that IS Ghetto, LeeAnn is correct. The whole thing is tasteless, crude, freakish, and not funny.
that is so GHETTO, and MARLEY, you are the cunt-just proves that animals love too.
I’m loving this.
Different, but hey why not . Good family for granting his wish.
You guys are a whole bunch of imbeciles. Ha anybody ever thought about that poor family who lost a 24 year old young man, killed at the prime of his life, under a bridge, probably by some ignorant motherfucker that was claiming his rat infested turf. I say most of you wouldn’t have the parents that would have the spiritual fortitude of loving you despite your fucked up choices and going out of the way to honor your crazy- ass wishes despite perhaps not believing them yourselves. That is the kind of love ‘refined’ people like you can not understand. What you do relate to is ‘daddy’s’ that fondle you, telling you they love you and it’s your little secret and mommys that fuck everything they see. I don’t agree with the wanta-be-gansta lost soul, but may he rest in peace. Que Dios los bendiga gente Boricua bella y que su hijo este en el cielo descansando por fin. Fe mami. Gina La Cubana
Wow. That’s disturbing, yet beautiful at the same time.
I wouldn’t want to be like this at my death, but hey to each is own.
Es bueno que su familia, le de su ultimo deseo.
More like the mothers wish to stuff her kid and put him in the corner,then they dress the pendejo like the thug he’s not,grabbing his nuts,goes to show you Puerto Rican can be just as ignorant as stupid Jiggers If you know what I mean.
That’s the most alert dead man I’ve ever laughed at….
Hopefully someone will leave me in the missionary position after death during my wake…that’s when I seem to be the happiest.
I prefer froggy-style.
this is sickkkkkkkkkkk
oooo…..that’s good too….XD
thanks for the laughs….i’m adding you to my blog roll ma’ man!
OH LAWD HAMMERCY!!!!! Us country folk heard a song about this a long time ago goes like this: “prop me up beside the jukebox if i dieeee…fill my boots up with sand, put a stiff drink in my hand” always thought it was an interesting song, never thought i’d see it in real life. creep factor = 10.
How did they stuff him to stand up like that???
He keeps it real!
Funky
coolroom temperature Medina?While everyone has there own opinion, this is a good time to learn that in the bella isla de Puerto Rico is part of the culture to have the viewing in the family’s living room. I like the idea, why not? why follow the same thing, a white casket with a beatiful flower arrangent on display,,,,,, boring,,,,, this is a new twist. i like to leave you with something in mind, what have you done in life to be so well know even when you are dead. Mission acomplish for Mr. Medina.
He is looking like a bitch ass Daddy Yankee wannabe, expect he is dead. I guess some people want to be remembered for looking like a Puerto Rican stereotype with his fake ass w omen’s Gucci glasses and low budget outfit.
This is too funny! Wonder what killed him under that bridge; bad taste?
That would scare the kids on Halloween…
G.H.E.T.T.O. Just pointing out the obvious. Calm down Marly. Don’t get all ‘classless’ now and call me a cunt and wishing me have my legs spread wide open when I die and don’t also go tellin’ me I’m an idiot and that no one will be cummin’ to my wake. No, that would be very ‘classless’ indeed. Moron.
What this guy should have thought about before bis death should have been where will my soul go to heaven or hell and not how to place him at his funeral I Think he was to proud and ignorant…
Not bad… I give it a 3 out of 5, It could have earned more points if there was a pinata.
In Puerto Rico it is custom to have the wake in ones home. I found this to be different but not disturbing, this was this young man wish and his parents as different may it be, granted his wish.
They got over it, those who dont agree should also, have some respect for the dead atleast….like being shot 7 times and left under a bridge ain’t bad enough.
There is one thing that jumps in my face in all of this. When did the guy disclose that wish? Did he know that he was going to die soon? Strange to me.
some of ya r some ignorant motherf****ers. wat is so wrong wit his family grantin his last wish. most ya won’t even get dat much. I can’t belive dat u ingnaren ppl would even talk bad about sumone who has past on. dats some disrespecfull shit.
i think that was nice of the family granting his last wish, being a mother myself i couldn’t do it but, my condolences to the family.
all you dumb ass people need to SHUT THE FUCK UP!! WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU TO JUDGE!!! HE’S DEAD!!!!!! WTF!!!
I must admit that this is pretty disturbing… but at the same token who is anyone to judge??? I mean what is normal? Putting you in clothing and sticking you in a box to later decompose?!!! I mean who the hell is anyone to make this is A race or Puerto Rican issue… I mean as far as I can recall… Whites and yes I said it… used to dress the dead and sit them all together with eyes open and all and snap pics like it was normal… Never did I say crazy ass whites and they’re psychotic ways… Instead I understood it as a tradition whether I agree or not… And why the fuck is he ghetto because has a fitted on a shades on??? I mean who the fuck stoops down to that level??? Of discriminating on a dead man… Like Rico said: its bad enough how he died… and for stupid ignorant scum of the earth people to make such comments as if they have no mother of there own is sooo sad… Goes to show the world the we live in… and maybe thats the problem that some of you never had a real mother or real loving unconditional mother!!!! I’ll pray for you bastards!!!!!
Wow Pablo,
You better watch what you say on the internet you sound self incriminating did you know him?
A few points of interest So Sad and Beautiful at the same time
Everyone must know facts such as this is not a Puerto Rican tradition however it WAS in Egypt and Ireland based on religious and climate conditions.
He did this to stand for his own personal reasons maybe pride maybe as a final screw you to the gang that killed him and maybe he discussed this with friends and family and they understood after he explained it to them on why he wanted to stand and dress in his regular attire which is the style of many young people all over and not ghetto per say. He is real and loved and I just pray he talked to God in his last moment. Please guys dont be so insensitive on this sight his family is mourning and reading these blogs. Love and Let Free as God would want us all to be. PEACE LOVE HAPPINESS
So well put kelly- by the way Pablo those glasses are Dolce and Gabanna if you look at close ups he is not grabbing his crotch either Mr.Chico he has flowers in his hand and he is stuffed so the hands appear forward- how just very ignorant. Wow Shequina and how is this GHETTO ? when this started in Egypt way into the 17th century dumb bozos get an education have a heart and stop pointing fingers! (Close ups available on other sites News Video clips from Mother and Family in Puerto Rico).
very different pero beautiful at least he had a last wish granted to him que dios la bendiga y a su familia igual sorry 4 the loss.
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Damn….. RIP lil nigga…. You must of been a trip sorry to your fam… Thats kool ya’ll did that for him
Authentic words, some unadulterated words man. You made my day.