http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/04/presumed....eref=rss_latest

 

FORT COLLINS, Colorado (AP) -- A man believed to have died in a Colorado flood in 1976 has been found living in Oklahoma.

 

Sixty-three-year-old Darrell Johnson told the Fort Collins Coloradoan for a story Friday that he didn't know he had been counted among the 144 victims of the Big Thompson Canyon flood until a resident called him last year.

 

Barb Anderson said residents didn't want his name on a memorial plaque without proof he was dead.

 

Johnson and his family had decided to leave their shabby cabin the morning of the flood after just one night. A few hours later, the resort was washed away.

 

How Johnson ended up on the victims list remains a mystery.

 

He now directs funerals in Oklahoma City and acknowledges he was lucky to get the bad cabin.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/04/presumed....eref=rss_latest

 

How wasn't this found out sooner? If he was presumed dead, wouldn't a death certificate have been prepared? Was he paying taxes all these years?

I think it's kind of ironic that the dude directs funerals and he's been thought to have been dead for over 30+ years. Seems like a Twilight Zone episode where he would direct a funeral only to find out later that it is his funeral.

How wasn't this found out sooner? If he was presumed dead, wouldn't a death certificate have been prepared? Was he paying taxes all these years?

Seems like the only people who thought he was dead were the town's people. Since he did not know he was "dead" he muist have continued to pay taxes, etc.

Seems like the only people who thought he was dead were the town's people. Since he did not know he was "dead" he muist have continued to pay taxes, etc.

 

So townspeople thought he was dead, but apparently the government did not.

Seems like he was a perfect candidate to vote for candidates in Chicago political races.

Seems like he was a perfect candidate to vote for candidates in Chicago political races.

 

And how do you know he didn't!