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Yesterday is history
Tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a gift
That is why it is called the present.     -Sai Baba-

Time warp: evidence for man drowning in a well

     
     Dr. Khan was in charge of the largest hospital complex in India. One day he happened to be the only doctor on duty as the other physicians had all gone on strike. A dead body was brought in which had drowned in a well. After examining the corpse, Dr. Khan signed the death certificate. It was routine and he thought nothing more of the incident. A few months later, to his bewilderment, he was charged with being an accomplice to a murder gang and put under house arrest. Crime was on the rise in the city and the police force was under pressure to show some activity. Two doctors were required by law to sign a death certificate, but as Dr. Khan was the only physician on duty, his was the only signature on the document. 

     Six months later, when the case came to trial, the judge ruled that all involved should go to the cemetery. The police chief, the police officer who had indicted Dr. Khan, the judge and Dr. Khan went to the graveyard. The body was exhumed. As the modest pine box, perfectly intact, was opened, the body, also perfectly intact, as though it had been buried just hours earlier and not six months ago, was observed to have some water gurgling up from the lungs. There was no evidence of gunshot wounds. The man had clearly drowned and the case was dismissed on the spot. The painfully embarrassed police chief took to whipping his accusing officer with a riding crop.