Dad Fakes His Own Death Then Arrives At Funeral 'To Teach Family A Lesson'
16.06.2023 - 02:18
/ perezhilton.com
This dad took things way too far — just because he felt like his family wasn’t giving him enough attention??
David Baerten, a TikTok user from Belgium, pulled the wildest and probably one of the cruelest pranks of all time on his family. Pranks going way too far aren’t unheard of on the video-making app, but we can’t imagine what it’d be like to be on the receiving end of this one. The social media user decided he was tired of how his extended family was allegedly treating him. He didn’t like the fact they were “growing apart” and he seemed to feel like they were singling him out. So instead of — we don’t know, CALLING them, talking it out — he decided to be completely reasonable…
David decided to fake his own death.
No, not to abandon his family. He just wanted to see who really cared about him. By hurting them beyond measure, we guess…
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This guy thought of all the details, not leaving one headstone unturned. He truly put some work into this so-called practical joke, even going as far as getting his kids to write notes to their beloved, “dead” father. According to The Times, his daughter penned a note that read:
Wow… This is just awful. Not only is he doing this to his family, he’s dragging his kids into the mix and making them help?
Over the weekend, after all of David’s family and loved ones heard of the tragic news from his kids’ letters, they all gathered at the father’s funeral ceremony. Dressed in black and mourning their lost loved one, they were in for the shock of a lifetime when they were told — no, he wasn’t actually dead…
In a TikTok video posted on Sunday, recorded by a funeral attendee, you can see the moment a helicopter flies in from the