Victor Álvarez, 30, got drunk and then fell asleep at a Mother Earth [= Pachamama] festival in El Alto, Bolivia, on 1 August.
He told NyPost.com that he woke up a few hours later with the need to pass water and found that he was lying in a glass coffin covered with earth, destined to be offered as a human sacrifice ("sullu") to the demon Pachamama.
The man managed to free himself. The incident took place in Achacachi, a town about 50 miles from where the Pachamama festival was held.
When Álvarez reported the incident to the police, the latter considered it a story fabricated by a drunken man. News18.com suggests that Álvarez was thought to be dead, put in a coffin and buried alive.
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