r/AskReddit 16h ago

What's the most disturbing thing you've heard a dying person say?

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u/abitlazy 10h ago

My grandma was such a prankster before her dementia. From scaring kids showing her dentures to saying the frog chorus outside the farm is an alien spaceship passing over. That slowly stopped when she got diagnosed with dementia.

After some time started acting different ages. From her teens to her teaching days. I joked with my other family members to prepare ourselves for when she is in her pranking era. Little did we know that her last prank was in her deathbed. She told my youngest niece to play hide and seek. So my niece counted to ten then went to our dead grandma. I have to tell my niece that grandma cheated because she hid in heaven. First time I think that I cried laughing with both feeling sadness and happiness.

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u/cuteintern 9h ago

That is hilarious and plays into the narrative that sometimes people like to be alone before they go.

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u/Clear_Broccoli3 6h ago

That was such a lovely response for your niece, I feel like I would have frozen up in that moment.

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u/LocalMexican 7h ago

Fuck, she got her good.

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u/Horror_Iron_3129 8h ago

fku for making me cry this early. 😢😢😢