Funerals are understandably morose affairs. But what would you do if the woman whose funeral you were attending suddenly showed up to her own ceremony? I’d run for the hills! But this isn’t hypothetical, back in 2015 it really happened. And it’s far from the only time something terrifying and seemingly impossible like this has happened, either. So, rev up your hearses as we go through some unbelievable times people appeared at their own funeral.

Have you ever had something weirdly lucky happen to you? Maybe you found $20 lying on the ground? Or perhaps you were just in the right place at the right time? Amazing as that is, there are some people out there who have survived against near-impossible odds and lived to tell the tale. From a woman who spent 80 minutes trapped in freezing water, to a soldier who fell over four miles without a parachute, let’s look at even more of the luckiest people who survived the impossible.

The Svilicic family took a huge gamble when they adopted a Doberman from a rescue shelter and brought him home to their 17-month-old daughter back in 2007! Would the Doberman bond with their child? Or had the family made a terrible mistake? All those questions were answered when, only five days later, the parents heard a loud scream from their backyard! What catastrophe had unfolded? Let's dive into stories of incredible heroic dogs that saved their owners!