A Thai woman stunned mourners when she emerged alive from her sealed casket moments before cremation ceremonies were scheduled to begin at a Buddhist temple outside Bangkok. The 65-year-old had been transported over 300 miles by her brother, who assumed she had died after becoming unresponsive following two years of bedridden illness.
Temple administrator Pairat Soodthoop described hearing faint tapping sounds emanating from the white coffin at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham in Nonthaburi province. Staff discovered the woman knocking against the interior walls while moving her limbs and partially opening her eyes after they lifted the lid.
Emergency crews rushed her to medical facilities for treatment. The temple's abbot pledged to pay all hospital costs for the woman, whose brother had initially attempted organ donation at a Bangkok facility before being turned away due to missing death documentation.
Temple administrator Pairat Soodthoop described hearing faint tapping sounds emanating from the white coffin at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham in Nonthaburi province. Staff discovered the woman knocking against the interior walls while moving her limbs and partially opening her eyes after they lifted the lid.
Emergency crews rushed her to medical facilities for treatment. The temple's abbot pledged to pay all hospital costs for the woman, whose brother had initially attempted organ donation at a Bangkok facility before being turned away due to missing death documentation.
