A viral TikTok video claiming to show a young man waking up moments after being declared dead has been spreading on social media for several months now. The video, which first showed up on TikTok in mid-2025, shows a man sitting on a stretcher in a hospital gown. People say he came back to life after being dead. Many have called this the “real-life zombie” case. The man in the video has been called Keadaan Salloum in different posts, though his name is spelled in many ways on social media. Some write it as Kadan Salum, Kayanne Salum, or Keadan Salloum. On July 18, Instagram user @historytimeless posted about Salloum and said that hospital staff looked shocked as he sat there looking confused. The video later shows him walking out of the room. Some people claim he walked right out of the hospital. Different posts online say that doctors said Salloum was dead after they found no pulse or brain activity. They removed his organs and got the body ready to move somewhere else. But hospital security cameras caught the moment when Salloum suddenly sat up and stared at the nurses without blinking. He then tried to walk toward the door. People who saw the video say his movements looked strange and jerky, which made the whole thing even more creepy, as per Prime Timer. What we know and what we don’t know about this case Even though this story has gone viral, there is no proof that it really happened. No hospital has said anything about it, and there are no news reports, death certificates, or autopsy papers to back up the claims. The name Keadaan Salloum only appears in social media posts, and no one knows who the man in the video actually is. Just like other viral hoaxes that have spread on TikTok, this story uses shock and fear to get attention. View this post on Instagram A post shared by history (@historyistimeless) The video is blurry and there are no new videos or updates about what happened next. According to @historytimeless, signs in the video suggest the hospital might be in Latin America, maybe Mexico. People have come up with different ideas about what could have happened. Some think he took too many drugs and his brain slowed down so much that doctors thought he was dead. Others think the hospital made a mistake. A few people even believe he was part of some kind of medical test. People who check facts have found many problems with this story. The biggest problem is that it is impossible for someone to walk around after their organs have been removed from their body. While doctors do talk about something called terminal lucidity, where dying patients wake up for a short time before death, this does not mean they can get up and walk. Also, every viral post uses the same poor quality video. No one has found any other proof or sources to back up what the posts claim. This case reminds people of internet horror stories and urban legends that depend on mystery and missing facts to keep people interested. The way the story is told and where it comes from suggest this is probably just a made-up story and not something that really happened at a hospital. Social media sites have helped stories like this spread fast, with captions like “POV: you witness a real-life zombie” that are meant to scare people and make them curious instead of giving them real facts.