Realm of the Bizarre -- Update

Nick told us about a girl "killed" in an auto accident, who was actually alive and in the hospital -- in a coma. The girl supposed to be in the hospital, the girl whose parents for five weeks were waiting by her bedside for her to come out of her coma -- already dead and buried. How could this happen?

Not identical, but similar. Add swelling from facial injuries, and I guess it could happen . It did happen.

But two weeks ago, Ms. VanRyn's college roommate told officials at Taylor University in Upland, Ind., that she doubted it was really Laura recuperating in the hospital, The Associated Press reported.

Representatives of the rehabilitation center where Ms. Cerak is recovering said that relatives and physical therapists at the facility began to question their patient's identity only last Sunday, when she began answering questions posed to Laura with, "No, it's Whitney."

Bruce Rossman, a spokesman for the Spectrum Health hospital system, said less than 24 hours passed from the time Ms. Cerak began saying her name to the time her identity was confirmed using dental records.

Plans are being made to disinter Laura for burial in a family plot. (They plan to check dental records just to make sure.)

A horrific story, and doubly heart-breaking to the families involved, especially the VanRyns.

But I couldn't help but think it would make a great scary movie. Two almost identical victims, one dead, one in a coma. The one coming out of the coma, thought to be Laura, claims "I'm Whitney." But dental records show that she is Laura. But she isn't, she's Whitney -- all of Whitney's memories and personality. Where the story goes from there, I don't know, but it's a creepy start.