Compiled by FAZLEENA AZIZ and C. ARUNO
A STRAY dog which fell into an open grave during a burial in Penang was deemed good luck after one of the deceased’s family members won the lottery, Oriental Daily reported.
A brief video shared online showed a man then lowering himself into the burial spot and picking up the dog.
The canine appeared to be in distress as it could be heard whimpering throughout the video until it was successfully rescued.
When the dog was brought out, another young man patted the animal briefly.
The dog then climbed down from the surrounding mound of earth before turning its head to glance at the family members gathered around the burial site in Bukit Mertajam.
“The puppy fell onto mother’s coffin at the grave,” wrote one Hong Wendy, who posted the video on Facebook last Wednesday.
The video has since garnered 1.1 million views.
Hong Wendy later wrote: “It was a good omen. Our family member won second prize (in a lottery).”
Many netizens echoed similar sentiments, commenting that the dog brought good luck.
(The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
