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0008801Dwarf FortressUndeathpublic2015-02-08 10:192015-02-08 15:50
ReporterLoci 
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PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.40.24 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0008801: Ghost starts haunting fortress while remains entombed in coffin
DescriptionA recruit died from an early run-in with a giant rat. I built a coffin and buried (most of) his corpse. A troll decided to destroy the coffin. After the troll wandered off, I built a second coffin and reburied the recruit. Several months later the recruits angry ghost appeared and ripped a leg off my carpenter. I verified that (most of) the recruit's corpse is still in the second coffin. Adding a memorial slab put the ghost to rest.

Additionally, the leg-ripping incident didn't appear in a combat report.
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2015-02-08 10:19LociNew Issue
2015-02-08 10:43DetrosNote Added: 0032178
2015-02-08 15:50LociNote Added: 0032185
2016-07-11 01:42LociRelationship addedrelated to 0008978

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(0032178)
Detros   
2015-02-08 10:43   
See http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Ghost [^]
"If a ghost is put to rest and subsequently re-raised (by deconstructing its coffin or slab), it will return as a Murderous Ghost."

Better to make sure each of your dead dwarves is buried in a coffin, was memorized via a memorial slab and that it stays so.
(0032185)
Loci   
2015-02-08 15:50   
There was no ghost prior to the first burial, and the second burial occurred well before the ghost appeared. Unless it's intentional that dwarves cannot be successfully reburied this still sounds like a bug.