How deep are the Government’s troubles? Six feet down

A BIZARRE new internet craze was captured by the startling headline: “Russian Man Dies Burying Himself Alive.”

The Siberian had dug an improvised grave for himself with a friend and then wanted to see if he could survive a night entombed in it on his own.

Unfortunately, the air holes he had left to connect him to the surface got blocked in heavy rain and his emergency mobile packed up.

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