Adelin Seide Zombie from Forte Liberte?

In 2010, police investigated the case of a young houngan or voodoo priest who came from Fort Liberte in Haiti. The man, identified as Adelin Seide, went into a tavern to drink with some men.  That night he experienced terrible pain, and despite the efforts made to heal him, Saide died the following day.  Saide was on his way to the hospital when he died on the 2^nd of May 2010. Little did they know that this would be the start of the story of Adelin Seide Zombie.

 

Adelin Seide Zombie Legend

 

The death certificate of Seide has been signed, and he was pronounced legally dead.  The remains of Adelin Seide were given to his brother, who is also a voodoo priest.  The brother then took the remains of Saide to the nearest mortuary found in Cap-Haitien.  They held the funeral at the Catholic Church located in Terrier Rouge. Seide was laid to rest three days after being declared dead; on Wednesday, the 5th of May.

 

On Thursday, the 6th of May, people who live near the cemetery heard a deafening noise.  The locals called the police, thinking that there was some disturbance happening in the graveyard.  The police arrived at the scene and found the father of Seide, a senior voodoo priest named Jeantery Seide, in the gravesite of his son holding a machete and a bottle, which is believed to use in the rituals of raising dead.

 

The police conducted a thorough investigation and found out that the coffin of Adelin Seide was empty and that he is alive.  No one was charged for the said event. Interestingly, the machete and the ritual bottle found are necessary for creating a zombie.

 

Adelin Seide Zombie: Not the First One

 

Based on the records, Adlein Seide may not be the first case of zombie (or zombi) in Haiti. There’s the story of Clairvius Narcisse, who died in 1962 but came back alive in 1981. It might have been a story that we’ve often seen in those science fiction movies, except for the fact that different science journals have covered this case. It also caught the attention of Time magazine, Harvard University, ABC, and BBC.