Man reads own death notice
“Sick” practical joke leaves father and daughter in shock A man from Jutland was shocked when he read his own and his daughter’s death notices in yesterday’s edition of Nordjyske Stiftstidende newspaper. The death notice in the paper said that...
A man from Jutland was shocked when he read his own and his daughter’s death notices in yesterday’s edition of Nordjyske Stiftstidende newspaper.
The death notice in the paper said that Claus Nørgaard Nielsen, 35, from Northern Jutland and his 15-year-old daughter, Michelle, had died in “a tragic accident in Germany”.
Father and daughter are both alive and well, but they are in shock. “It would take a very sick person to pull a prank like this,” Claus told public broadcaster DR.
He doesn’t know who is behind the prank, but has reported it to the police.
“I have some general idea of who could have done such a sick thing, but I can’t single out anyone in particular at this point,” he said.
The police have no clues to who could have placed the advert. They say the text was sent in by text message using a prepaid phone card.
Adding insult to injury, the culprit also entered Nielsen’s home address as the billing address for the advert.