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3 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

That is saying all. 

Being drunk and have a heated conversation with another (Thai) man. Stupid

It said another tourist not thai man 

Stop the thai bashing..

3 hours ago, Mark989 said:

“The Thai authorities have said it was drowning"

What do they base that conclusion on?

 

Maybeeeee after his naked body was discovered floating in the sea near Patong Beach? 

1 hour ago, impulse said:

 

Absolutely not.  I had receipts for the costs incurred and evidence of why I incurred those costs.  Never within my control.

 

For a great expose, look up the CBC YouTube named Travel Insurance  Are you actually covered (CBC Marketplace) 

 

I'd link it, except YouTube is blocked here and none of my links are showing up as hyperlinks anyway.

 

Summarizing the gist, you need both a doctor and a lawyer to figure out what's down in the fine print.  A doctor to understand the medical terms and a lawyer to understand the legal terms.

 

 

1 hour ago, Cabradelmar said:

Lovers quarreling... The world may never know

That was my first thought. 

Despite Thai police ruling the official cause of death as drowning, 

 

Probably quite likely.

Question is was he held under the water by someone?

3 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

This incident happened in the "early hours of 3. January.

A heated conversation over a glass of water? 

And the other man was drinking only water too?

That's obviously what tourists do in early hours?

Don't tell me nonsense. 

Next you'll tell me it's a good thing for fundraising instead provide a travel insurance? No, I think you won't.

 

 

You're making a right old pillock of yourself...    Just deal with the fact that you've been called out for making dumb comments instead of digging your 'face saving hole' even deeper.....  

3 minutes ago, Petey11 said:

Despite Thai police ruling the official cause of death as drowning, 

 

Probably quite likely.

Question is was he held under the water by someone?

 

Its looking very suspicious - obviously they 'have' to find this other man... 

 

I'm surprised they have not released a CCTV image of him already (as a person of interest).

 

If he is involved, I suspect its likely he has fled already.

4 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

That is saying all. 

Being drunk and have a heated conversation with another (Thai) man. Stupid

Doesn't say he was drunk nor is the other man identified as Thai.

I'm not speculating about what happened, but just as a general remark, I lived in Phuket back in the day and it can be a dodgy place with no shortage of shady farangs.

 

Last time I was there, quite a few years ago, my brother and I were playing pool and some smiling young Ozzie came up to us offering to give us his weed as "he was leaving the next day". Immediate red flags came up (this was long before legalisation) and I smiled back saying "no thanks, we don't smoke". He turned around and left and gone was the friendly smile.

4 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

4 hours ago, Sheryl said:

No indication he was drunk

 

As for the other man being Thai:

 

"CCTV footage reveals Kelly in an intense discussion with a man who appeared to be a fellow tourist"

I would advice you to read my posts always carefully.

I didn't write a Thai man was involved

Yes, you did.  I would advise you to read your own posts "always carefully" [sic]...

"Being drunk and have a heated conversation with another (Thai) man".

43 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Its looking very suspicious - obviously they 'have' to find this other man... 

I'm surprised they have not released a CCTV image of him already (as a person of interest).

If he is involved, I suspect its likely he has fled already.

 

   Could have just been two guys discussing about who was the physically fittest and they agreed to have race to the beach , swim to a buoy and get back again and see who could do it the quickest ?

   Could have just been a race 

Just now, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  Did anything interesting  happen ?

 

I have no doubt something "interesting" would have happened if I had befriended this character, this is the point I am making.

4 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Could have just been two guys discussing about who was the physically fittest and they agreed to have race to the beach , swim to a buoy and get back again and see who could do it the quickest ?

   Could have just been a race 

 

Could have been... could have been a deeply interesting discussion, in a very animated fashion that appears as though they were having an argument... 

 

Either way - the 'other guy' remains the most important person to get hold of and find out what happened, and if they can't find him - he's fled and likely fled for a reason.

 

As I mentioned - I'm surprised CCTV photo has not yet been circulated 'as a person of interest'.

2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Could have been... could have been a deeply interesting discussion, in a very animated fashion that appears as though they were having an argument... 

 

Either way - the 'other guy' remains the most important person to get hold of and find out what happened, and if they can't find him - he's fled and likely fled for a reason.

 

As I mentioned - I'm surprised CCTV photo has not yet been circulated 'as a person of interest'.

 

He could be aware that his "mate" died , he may have also died or he may want to keep quiet because some people will think he was responsible for the death ?

Perhaps a suicide and the second tourist was trying to talk him out of it?

 

If he was attacked and forcibly drowned, presumably there would be some evidence.

 

Hopefully this second chap comes forward.

8 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

had arrived in Thailand on 30 December for a month-long backpacking trip.

Backpacking? 

In downtown Patong?

When I was backpacking I stayed in small towns with mountains, not huge cities like Phuket, where they charge 150B for "street food". 

Seems unnecessarily expensive and stupid.

Apparently he met his demise at the hotel.

5 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

Did you read the story?

Why was he being chased?

Strong likelihood that he was assaulted.

possibly assaulted and was he held under water until drowning occurred 

 

 

Heated discussion with an unknown man at the Mad Monkey hostel? 

Sounds very fishy to me, to say the least... 

Regan was known among friends and coworkers as “mature for his age”

 

He was 28 not 18.

9 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

 

A fundraising campaign has been launched to cover the costs of repatriating Regan’s body and arranging his funeral. For now, the family remain in Thailand, searching for the truth and working to bring Regan home.

 

I just skipped to the last paragraph to look for the anticipated GoFundMe request. No need to read the rest of the story.

9 hours ago, KhunLA said:

If not naked, skinny dip gone wrong, then one might suspect something afoul, with the obvious.  Wonder if his clothing was recovered ?

 

Guess he wasn't that mature & responsible, no insurance and the usual 'go fund me' set up already.

What a comment to say when a British tourist dies in appallingly tragic circumstances and his family and friends are deeply grief stricken. May I say Brits both in Thailand & back here in UK express our deep sympathies for Regan's loss. 

7 minutes ago, peter48 said:

What a comment to say when a British tourist dies in appallingly tragic circumstances and his family and friends are deeply grief stricken. May I say Brits both in Thailand & back here in UK express our deep sympathies for Regan's loss. 

That was applauding ?   Glad I rolled back my first thoughts, if you thought that was appalling.

 

Did you express your same thoughts to the others, that stated basically the same, or am I special ? 

13 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

That was applauding ?   Glad I rolled back my first thoughts, if you thought that was appalling.

 

Did you express your same thoughts to the others, that stated basically the same, or am I special ? 

 

He's saying the circumstances of the death were appalling, not your comment.

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

possibly assaulted and was he held under water until drowning occurred 

 

That would be fairly obvious by looking at the body.  I'm not sure why Thai police would feel the need to cover that up.

lets hope the family can find the strength to get through this horrible senseless death and move on. 

 

the person of interest has likely left Thailand by now to avoid capture.    

A trolling conspiracy theory post about covid vaccine has been removed.

5 hours ago, ChrisKC said:

You have only made your case weaker by these prejudiced comments about "Brits". Personal experience doesn't qualify as generalisations!

I can't see that I have a "case". ????

British man’s body found in sea in Thailand ‘after he was seen running away from bar’

 

As for the foreign man who was suspected of drinking with him in front of the hostel, the police did not investigate him because they didn’t know who he was.

[…]
The incident occurred suddenly when Regan ran into the sea alone.

[…]

However, at that time, the doctor couldn’t test for alcohol in the blood, but cocaine and marijuana were found during an initial urine test.

 

https://metro.co.uk/2025/01/09/mystery-brits-naked-dead-body-found-sea-thailand-22323922/

12 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

British man’s body found in sea in Thailand ‘after he was seen running away from bar’

 

As for the foreign man who was suspected of drinking with him in front of the hostel, the police did not investigate him because they didn’t know who he was.

[…]
The incident occurred suddenly when Regan ran into the sea alone.

[…]

However, at that time, the doctor couldn’t test for alcohol in the blood, but cocaine and marijuana were found during an initial urine test.

 

https://metro.co.uk/2025/01/09/mystery-brits-naked-dead-body-found-sea-thailand-22323922/

 

If, as his sister describes, he is not a party animal, then mixing cocaine and weed (perhaps provided by a "friendly farang" such as the one I described earlier) as well as booze without being accustomed to these mixes could have led to a psychotic episode.