webfact Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Lottery fever as magical log - and mystery figure - is dragged from a bog in Trang Pictures: Thai Rath Locals are rushing to get lottery numbers after a magical log was dragged from a quagmire in Trang. They believe that the "Takhian" tree log is inhabited by a female spirit that must first be appeased but who will then give her bounteous wealth. But while this case is just another where superstitions surround such logs there is more....much more. Embedded into the side of the 13.70 meter log that had a circumference of 2 meters was what is believed to have been an age old Buddhist image. It is said to have been fashioned by an ancient alchemist some 400 years ago. Pictures showed the lump of old metal in the rough shape of a Buddhist image in pride of place on a golden phan (offering tray). This discovery has convinced the locals - and some from further afield - that the lottery is there for the winning. Yesterday the local mayor of Nataluang sub-district Natthapong Niamsom officiated over a ceremony with a senior local monk to bless the log and its mystery figure. Thai Rath reported that a back hoe unearthed the trunk and was itself stuck in the bog for three days before it could be extricated. Source: Thai Rath -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-05-02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Bless... That really does look like Buddha too I miss the simple life, back in Cornwall.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcula Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 9 minutes ago, webfact said: the "Takhian" tree log is inhabited by a female spirit that must first be appeased but who will then give her bounteous wealth Almost exactly the same procedure described in an email I received this morning from my new friend H.E. Sunday Babatunde Akinola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poohy Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 7 minutes ago, Darcula said: Almost exactly the same procedure described in an email I received this morning from my new friend H.E. Sunday Babatunde Akinola. He has fallen on hard times but with our help he will unleash bountiful remuneration, I think i just "filed "the same e mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Let's get the log out of the swamp,make a story up about, and they will come,and we can make a lot of money from it. It's never occured to the believers,they cannot ALL win the lottery,i suppose the ones that don't win,are not true believers. Little wonder Thailand is a paradise for scammers of all kinds regards worgeodie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simoh1490 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 There was a log in my bog this morning, do you think it's an omen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 And then quickly back to the implementation of modern ways and logical thinking in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 38 minutes ago, simoh1490 said: There was a log in my bog this morning, do you think it's an omen. did you see any numbers??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracker1 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 3 hours ago, simoh1490 said: There was a log in my bog this morning, do you think it's an omen. you will be flushed with success ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 This might be serious competition for the yesterday's holy anthill... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompelli Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Lottery number? 4.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcpo Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 4 hours ago, daoyai said: did you see any numbers??? Only number 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over2you Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 6 hours ago, webfact said: Yesterday the local mayor of Nataluang sub-district Natthapong Niamsom officiated over a ceremony with a senior local monk to bless the log and its mystery figure. This is where much of the problem lies. What hope for the less educated masses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 8 hours ago, webfact said: Pictures showed the lump of old metal in the rough shape of a Buddhist image Define overstatement. Looks more like Jubba the Hutt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtco Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Thailand 4.0 - about 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaichiro Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 I believe something similar happened in Cambodia years ago where a local helped someone remove a log and purportedly then won a lottery. Folks came from miles around to rub the log for luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madusa Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 7 hours ago, dcpo said: Only number 2. I saw some liquid stuff that looks very much like sperm on this lucky piece of ancient thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickudon Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 I would have laughed at this too last year. My father-in-law caught a golden eel (plaa rai) in January and put it ina concrete tank, i thought it might be worth something due to rarity, but it turned out golden swamp eels are not uncommon. Next thing i know mother-in-law has incense sticks, candles burning and is praying to the eel for lottery number inspiration. She them netted it out, put it in a bowl and whatever configuration it curled into was interpreted as a number. I chuckled to myself and left. Two days later she won 10,000 baht. In february my Sister-in-law won; in March and April my wife won 20,000 and 10.000 baht. I stopped laughing. Unfortunately it died 3 days ago , so guess it is back to spending my money again....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sangtip2 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 The smart ones are sitting back thinking that a "Log" 14 meters long and almost 1 meter in diameter must be worth a bunch just for hard wood . Is it teak , rosewood , ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unsane Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 On 5/2/2018 at 8:43 PM, thaichiro said: Folks came from miles around to rub the log for luck. Many a Thai has rubbed me for luck which is a nice sensation. Not sure if it brought luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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