A Real-Life Nightmare
I think this might be the scariest thing anyone can imagine.
After being sick for 12 days with a strange illness, Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 B.C. He was only 32 years old.
But something very strange happened — his body didn’t start to rot or break down for six whole days.
Back then, many people believed this meant he was a god.
But now, one expert thinks there’s a much more frightening reason for this. He believes that Alexander might not have been fully dead yet.
Over the years, many people have tried to guess how Alexander died. But this new idea says that he may have had a disease called Guillain-Barré syndrome, which is very rare.
This illness can make someone completely paralyzed — they can’t move or speak — and it can make their breathing so slow that it’s hard to even notice. If no one checked his pulse, they might have thought he was dead when he wasn’t.
That means he might have been declared dead six days too early.
Maybe he was even buried alive.
Maybe he was awake, hearing and seeing everything, but couldn’t move or say a word. Like being trapped in your body.
I can’t think of anything more terrifying.
Disclaimer: English is not my first language, sorry for any mistakes.
Please don’t translate my words — I prefer to do that myself.