Mysterious voices lure man to almost drown in Bang Pakong river

[snoop1130]

 

A chilling incident occurred on Bang Pakong Bridge in Thailand’s Chachoengsao province, as a 23 year old man, known as A (pseudonym), claimed to have leapt into the Bang Pakong River at the request of mysterious male and female voices in his head. Upon doing so, he found himself in a struggle for survival when, according to him, several unseen hands attempted to pull him under the water today.

 

Upon receiving a report of a man intending to jump into the river, officers from the Bang Pakong Police Station arrived at the scene. They found a parked motorcycle, white canvas shoes, long trousers, and a plastic water bottle with a small amount of water on the footpath. While investigating, A emerged soaked from beneath the bridge. He revealed that he had jumped into the river to swim with male and female friends he believed were there, due to the persistent voices in his head. He confirmed that he journeyed from his home in Bang Sao Thong, Samut Prakan, following the voices.

 

A recounted that before jumping into the Bang Pakong river, he drank some water from the bottle, removed his shoes and trousers, and placed his ID card on his motorcycle. Upon hearing a female voice instructing him to jump, he did so. He said that after landing in the water, he felt numerous mysterious hands attempting to drag him under. In desperation, he silently screamed for help, believing his life was in peril. During his struggle, he heard alternating male and female voices, one saying “You have to die here”, while the other demanded his rescue. Eventually, he managed to surface and saw a woman in white standing on the Bang Pakong bridge. He felt as though he was being helped to swim ashore safely, grabbed hold of the bridge and returned to his parked motorcycle.

 

By Nattapong Westwood

Caption: Picture courtesy of Khaosod

 

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[Enoon]

Before anyone suggests that it was because he was a drunk and that withdrawal was causing the voices, consider that he may have been using alcohol to self-medicate for the mental illness that was the source of the voices, and that when he stopped using the alcohol he lost his alcohol induced "insensibility" to them.

 

Hallucinations, often voices, negative, neutral or positive, are the number one typical symptom of schizophrenia.

 

The are as real to the sufferer as a voice on the radio is to anyone else, and have a powerful affect on them.

 

Shame on the person who posted the laugh emoji on the front page.

 

 

Edited June 9, 2023 by Enoon

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He revealed that he had jumped into the river to swim with male and female friends he believed were there, due to the persistent voices in his head. He confirmed that he journeyed from his home in Bang Sao Thong, Samut Prakan, following the voices.

Up the medication....

[RichardColeman]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

as a 23 year old man, known as A (pseudonym), claimed to have leapt into the Bang Pakong River at the request of mysterious male and female voices in his head.

Mr. Leo and Mrs Yabba probably

[Hakuna Matata]

It is not uncommon for psychiatric patients to hear the voices in their head.

[Burma Bill]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

claimed to have leapt into the Bang Pakong River at the request of mysterious male and female voices in his head........  he found himself in a struggle for survival when, according to him, several unseen hands attempted to pull him under the water

With respect, and as suggested elsewhere, maybe mental health problems are an issue. Sadly, it reminded me of my days as a UK Forensic Scientist when dealing with the victims of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide - "acid") hallucinations.

reference:

 

The short-term effects of LSD may include:

• seeing, smelling, hearing or touching things that aren’t real
• more intense senses
• a distorted sense of time and space
• strange feelings in the body, like floating
• rapidly changing or intense emotions
• altered state of thinking..................................etc.

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/lsd-acid

Edited June 10, 2023 by Burma Bill
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