Sep 19 2008More Phone Calls From Beyond The Grave

Okay, last time it was text messages, but still. Apparently close family members of Chuck Peck, a passenger who died on impact as a result of the recently crashed Metrolink train, received 35 calls from him the night of the accident.
It is logical to assume that the phone calls were the result of a technical malfunction and not supernatural forces. And, as far as I know, there has been no analysis of the condition of the cellphone itself. But consider this--all 35 calls were made to close family members only: his son, brother, sister, stepmother and fiancee.
Holy crap that is freaky. And sad. But to cheer you up, I've got a similar, happier story: A roommate of mine got killed by a city bus but still managed to order 4 XL pepperoni pizzas to the apartment. Just kidding, I stole his credit card before they deactivated it.
LA Train Victim Makes 35 Phone Calls From Beyond the Grave [gizmodo]
Thanks to Matt, who once sent an email from beyond the birth.
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Reader Comments
1. nick bacon - September 19, 2008 3:36 PM
DOOD EAF you fail. If you are going to do it right you have to add
F1R5t LOSERS!!!!
then proceed with your spam. You just wasted the best 30 seconds of your life!
lol
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2. Chuck Peck - September 19, 2008 3:42 PM
i can e-mail aswell.... ha ha im standing behind you
3. Mike - September 19, 2008 3:42 PM
I bet they were all on his five.
4. notbob - September 19, 2008 3:43 PM
Mr. Bacon, you fail. Thats right, fail. Not epic fail, because that is too good for you.
5. shalan - September 19, 2008 3:44 PM
SECOND
he probably had them on speed dial and the phone was squeezed under him and so the numbers were pressed and the guy called his family!!
which would be a much more probable explanation!!
6. nick bacon - September 19, 2008 3:45 PM
not bot i never fail, i am an AI in my owners laptop be nice or ill come to yours
7. TochiroV - September 19, 2008 3:50 PM
or its like Serial Experiements Lain with dead people calling/emailing from inside "the Wired" after they're dead. 0.o CREEPY!!!!!!!!!!
that show was f-ed up.
8. chuck peck - September 19, 2008 3:52 PM
IM SERIOUS ITS ME!!!! DOES ANYONE HAVE AN IPHONE CHARGER??? WHAT PLUG SOCKET DO THEY USE HERE???
9. anonymousryan - September 19, 2008 4:20 PM
THEN WHO WAS PHONE?!
10. Miles - September 19, 2008 5:01 PM
@9- WTF R U saying?
Classic- if morbid- "pocket dialing". Nothing to see here, people. Move along.
11. Gingersnapz - September 19, 2008 5:03 PM
"Damn it Honey, pick up. Anyway, it's your husband. I don't think I'll be home for dinner."
12. facepunch - September 19, 2008 5:31 PM
@8
use your ipod charger, and learn how to not suck at doing stuff. it helps later on in life.
13. Mr.Mitchell - September 19, 2008 8:03 PM
@Nick Bacon I don't care what you do with your life as long as it doesn't effect mine.... So unless you want GW's fans to kill off every Friggin person on the planet named "Nick Bacon" I suggest that you find a different site to bother. you BOOFER!
That is all
14. Adam - September 19, 2008 8:39 PM
I'd like to add that I think the humor about ordering pizza's is really tasteless. We're talking about a real-life tragic event. People lost their lives. Family members lost their loved ones. To make a joke about stealing a dead friend's credit card is just sick, especially following this report, is just sick.
15. lilwillow - September 20, 2008 12:01 AM
ooo, is too creepy. could it be a glitch in limbo, realtime?
16. SpookyKittyGirl - September 20, 2008 12:43 AM
I've both heard of, read about and experienced this sort of thing quite a few times...
Not too very long ago I answered a phone call from my fiance's grandfather a week after he died. It was bizarre and rather frightening, but it was clearly him. The phone was ringing with a 000-000-0000 number and I had thought "what sort of number is this?" I answered and there was a distant sounding voice on the other end telling me "give my love to (assorted people)." I actually froze up and couldn't think of a thing to say before the line went dead. My fiancee asked me who had called and I told him what I heard. We actually started joking about needing to get an unlisted number so we could avoid deceased telemarketers but we still passed along the message to the people he had named.
Then recently a dear friend of mine died and about three days later in comes another 000-000-0000 number. I was afraid to answer it after the last experience so I shouted for my old man and he grabbed the phone. This time he said it sounded like a very distant version of our friend on the other end saying "I'm okay. I'm okay." So, I have no trouble believing that these sorts of things happen, but then again I believe in ghosts. I'm sure other people will have delightful responses as to what "really happened."
17. Bender - September 20, 2008 12:47 AM
My god, it's almost like... like it called people whose numbers were STORED IN HIS PHONE!!!!
Seriously, guys, it's not God. I read this report earlier and people were claiming ghosts and Jebus and whatnot. F*** your superstitions. All you're doing is giving people false hope.
And #14, don't be offended. It's just whistling in the dark. If you never laugh at the morbid stuff, you'll go insane. Sometimes things are very inappropriate, but you can't go around being offended all the time or you;ll explode. That said, thank you for not being a douche and peppering your comment with nasty threats or strings of curses. You said your piece and said it respectfully. SOMETHING SOME PEOPLE ON HERE COULD LEARN TO DO.
End rant.
18. Reo - September 20, 2008 2:13 AM
It's probably all the numbers on his speed dial.
19. Yes - September 20, 2008 3:10 AM
Reo:
Your phone just called me, and it said I should do you in the butt.
20. dude - September 20, 2008 4:31 AM
@14
grow some balls. or go find a PG rated blog you wuss.
21. Mel - September 20, 2008 8:31 AM
@9: F***ING EPIC.
Seriously though, dead man calling relatives? His skull was probably so crushed, he no longer had the motor skills to hold a phone, let alone dial one.
22. Thumperchica - September 20, 2008 8:41 AM
1. Just because the authorities THINK he died on impact, doesn't mean he did. He probably spent his last hour on earth trying to desperately tell his family he loved them, and failed.
2.Or he did die and decided to possess his phone and be as creepy and annoying as possible for as long as possible...
I vote #2- less sad, more BBQ
23. Crowley - September 20, 2008 12:21 PM
I'm surprised no ones offered this explanation yet... There's atleast one (I'm sure a variety) online site where you can purchase a calling card for like 10 dollars that gives you like 15 minutes of talk time. Sounds like a pretty shit deal unless you have fun with the extras that includes, making your number come up on someone elses caller i.d. as whatever number you choose, be it 000-000-0000, 123-456-7890, the person recieving the calls' number, or hell, even the number of a guy that just died in a plane crash because youre a sick f***? You can also change your voice to sound like a woman or a man.
24. Crowley - September 20, 2008 12:22 PM
and clearly by plane crash i meant train crash
25. Ted - September 20, 2008 7:34 PM
Wtf, I thought that picture was of lego men and a lego train, i need to cut back on the horse tranqalisers.
26. Antonio - September 20, 2008 9:48 PM
As a great man once said
"THEN WHO WAS PHONE?!"
Truely EPIC # 9, truely Epic.
27. Jayfournines - September 21, 2008 9:56 AM
God prefers the iphone
www.cafepress.com/angryrobotwear
28. Obvious - September 21, 2008 9:04 PM
Has it occured to anyone he may have been alive and trying to make calls while dying?
29. Obvious - September 22, 2008 1:33 AM
Has it occurred to anyone that I once stuffed an entire canned ham between my buttocks, and then successfully completed a job interview?
30. Thumperchica - September 22, 2008 11:24 AM
@28 read my earlier comment you douchenozzle
31. dadoren - September 22, 2008 1:46 PM
I couldn't stop laughing when i saw the pizza credit card joke!!!!