Shay Bradley pranked mourners at his own funeral with a pre-recorded message.
Mourners attending the funeral of a man were left stunned when they heard his voice from beyond the grave. It turned out that Shay Bradley had decided to inject a little humour into his own funeral by pranking his friends and family.
Mr Bradley died on October 8 after a three-year battle with cancer, reports Irish Mirror. His last wish was to spook his friends and family - which he did so by getting his eldest son to play a pre-recoded message at his funeral. The grandfather of eight managed to get the last laugh at his own funeral with the clever prank.
"Hello? Hello. Hello? Let me out!" shocked attendees heard during the funeral as his coffin was being lowered into the ground in Kilmanagh, Kilkenny, on October 12.
"Let me out," Mr Bradley's voice in the pre-recorded message continued. Is that a priest I can hear? This is Shay, I'm in the box."
Video footage of the funeral, shared by his daughter Andrea Bradley, shows attendees looking shocked before they realise it's a prank and begin to laugh.
Andrea Bradley told HuffPost that her father recorded the audio about a year ago - and that no one knew about it other than her brother Jonathan and her nephew, Ben.
"He wanted to make sure my mam would be laughing leaving the cemetery, not crying," Ms Bradley said. "And he's done just that."
She also shared a picture of the "the legend" on Twitter, where hundreds have offered their condolences and praised Mr Bradley's sense of humour.
"This prank was one in a million, just like my dad," Ms Bradley added.
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