Amazing Thailand! Man turns up to his own cremation - so who's that in the coffin?

 

Thai caption: So who's that in the coffin?

Picture: Sanook

 

A funeral in southern Thailand was thrown into utter confusion on Sunday after the man who was supposed to be in the coffin casually walked into the temple. 

 

Relatives and father Suchart were just about to light the funeral pyre and bid farewell to Praphat who everyone thought had been killed by a train while out walking on the railway tracks.

 

Praphat's appearance at the temple of Wat Thung Yuan in Thung Song sub-district of Nakhon Sri Thammarat caused a right kerfuffle.

 

First of all, there were those in the congregation who thought this must be the spirit of Praphat come back to haunt his own cremation. 

 

But soon he was checked and found to be flesh and blood - albeit very dirty having not washed for many days.

 

Praphat suffers from mental problems, Sanook said.

 

So who was in the coffin?

 

Chief of the Chawang police Pol Col Suthat Songsayom said it was an understandable mistake. The man found on the tracks matched the description of Praphat and it was near his home. 

 

The train driver had seen him wandering on the tracks.

 

The victim had been badly mangled and the face was unrecognisable. In addition the corpse had no papers or possessions. 

 

The body is now awaiting identification at Wat Jandee. 

 

Chawang police would like to hear from anyone in the area who might have lost a relative. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

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Amazing Thailand .....   you couldn't make this stuff up if you tried    !  

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

First of all, there were those in the congregation who thought this must be the spirit of Praphat come back to haunt his own cremation.

One wonders how many would have panicked and run screaming into the jungle had he turned up a day or two after they thought they had cremated him?

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

Chief of the Chawang police Pol Col Suthat Songsayom said it was an understandable mistake. The man found on the tracks matched the description of Praphat and it was near his home

'an understandable mistake'. How reassuring the wheels of bureaucracy here are so efficient and well-oiled.

 

Just how did he 'match the description of Praphat' - two arms, two legs and a head perhaps?

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

First of all, there were those in the congregation who thought this must be the spirit of Praphat come back to haunt his own cremation. 

Shame he didn't throw a bag of flour over himself first. I reckon the world record for 100 metres would have been broken by several in the congregation.

Was it Elvis?

25 minutes ago, webfact said:

Relatives and father Suchart were just about to light the funeral pyre and bid farewell to Praphat

Glad to see that he didn't turn up late for his own funeral then.

6 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

Was it Elvis?

If so, there could be some relevant songs:

All Shook Up, Are You Lonesome Tonight?

After the cremation: Blowin' In the Wind

I suspect lottery numbers in there somewhere.

 

3 minutes ago, Credo said:

I suspect lottery numbers in there somewhere.

1 for the extra body

2 for the total number of bodies

8 for the total number of limbs

20 for the number of people suffering a heart atteck when the corpse walked in.

God, I always dream of doing that; appearing at my own cremation. The look in their eyes. lol

4 minutes ago, Somtamnication said:

God, I always dream of doing that; appearing at my own cremation. The look in their eyes. lol

I wonder if doing it via a hologram is possible? We read of dead rock stars appearing on stage using that principle.

Now that would have entertainment value. A message from beyond the grave.

 

49 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

Was it Elvis?

Interesting hypothesis. 

 

Perhaps you should ask the police to check if the victim was wearing blue suede shoes. 

 

Rooster

 

 

54 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

1 hour ago, spiekerjozef said:

Was it Elvis?

If so, there could be some relevant songs:

All Shook Up, Are You Lonesome Tonight?

After the cremation: Blowin' In the Wind

 

Hunk of Burning Love?

I realize it's not one of his more popular songs.

 

 

 

It's a miracle, it's a miracle!

Or maybe it was Jim Morrison in the casket?

After all he got famous singing a song about cremation.

 

 

2 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Shame he didn't throw a bag of flour over himself first. I reckon the world record for 100 metres would have been broken by several in the congregation.

risky, they might have hit him with a chair and killed him in the panic

Did any lottery number come out from this?

The man in the coffin must have been a "dead ringer"! (UK 18th century slang) 

7 hours ago, bluesofa said:

'an understandable mistake'. How reassuring the wheels of bureaucracy here are so efficient and well-oiled.

 

Just how did he 'match the description of Praphat' - two arms, two legs and a head perhaps?

Just a body... that was convenient enough!

This is irrefutably the second coming!   Where do we send our 10% tithing so we may be spared damnation in the afterlife?   And how can I obtain some of his spittle to cure my psoriasis?

 

"but I am not Dead!"

 

 

 

"it's okay... he Will be in a minute..."

Is it common to just guess who the corpse is?

This surely makes a convincing argument for extending TM30 registration to Thais, clearly the powers that be cannot keep track of those who fail to report their every move.

THAi'S BELIEVE Sooooo much IN ghosts....... i would have loved to have been there to see it......

23 hours ago, steven100 said:

Amazing Thailand .....   you couldn't make this stuff up if you tried    !  

What's this guy's D.O.B.? I wanna buy some lottery tickets...

15 hours ago, DepDavid said:

Is it common to just guess who the corpse is?

Quote: "The people in the village look all the same, so how could we know..."

On 2/2/2020 at 10:13 PM, Jane Dough said:

wearing blue suede shoes

Which was written by Carl Perkins who also recorded it and had a big hit.

'nuf sed.