Nong Khai man walks 500km barefoot after family dispute

[snoop1130]

Photo courtesy of KhaoSod

 

By Puntid Tantivangphaisal

 

A 62 year old man was reportedly forced out of his Nong Khai home by his wife and stepson, prompting him to walk barefoot over 500 kilometres to return to his hometown. A passerby found him and provided a lift, eventually taking him to a hospital.

 

Police Colonel Ratapolchai Pensongkram from Chaiwan district, Udon Thani province, received a call from Chaiwan Hospital yesterday, January 9. Nurses informed him about an elderly man who had walked barefoot from Satuek district, Buriram province, aiming to reach his home in Phon Phisai district, Nong Khai province.

 

The nurses were concerned as his feet were swollen from the long journey and provided medication to reduce inflammation. They subsequently contacted journalists to investigate further, revealing the man’s identity as Phon.

 

Phon explained that he had lived with his wife in Satuek district for over 13 years. However, in mid-December last year, his wife’s son moved in from Bangkok.

 

This led to a disagreement, resulting in Phon being asked to leave the house. When he confronted his wife, she sided with her son, leaving Phon feeling deeply hurt.

 

 

On December 28, he left without any belongings or money, relying on police stations for shelter and temples for food. His journey was made more difficult by a previous leg injury from a car accident in his youth.

 

Eventually, a local driving a sugarcane truck offered him a ride to Chaiwan district, where he was taken to the hospital by the police.

 

Through tears, Phon recounted that he had worked as a general labourer and welder, giving all his earnings to his wife. However, once her son arrived, he felt insignificant and was forced to leave.

 

He expressed that after 13 years, he felt his love was shattered. Following a heated argument with his wife on the night of December 27, Phon decided to return to his hometown in Phon Phisai district.

 

With no clothes or money, he has been wandering for 13 days, limping and crying along the way. He intends to reunite with his grandson and has resolved to become a monk upon reaching his destination, reported KhaoSod.

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2025-01-10

 

 

[NoDisplayName]

2 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

They subsequently contacted journalists to investigate further, revealing the man’s identity as Phon.

 

So instead of asking the man his name, they posted their "outrage" on the innertubes.

[Oliver Holzerfilled]

Seems like there's no middle ground when Thai men are rejected by a female.  It's either kill the woman in a fit of rage or walk 500km barefoot with no food or water.  Big props to him for navigating without Google maps.

[bannork]

The story is wrong, surely. 

He wasn't forced out of his Nong Khai home, he felt he was forced out of his wife's house in Buriram.

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Through tears, Phon recounted that he had worked as a general labourer and welder, giving all his earnings to his wife. However, once her son arrived, he felt insignificant and was forced to leave.

Baby... be a man.

[Peterphuket]

Surely this is not unique, yesterday 500 monks passed through here, they came from Krabi and were on their way to Nakon Pathom, obviously not in one day, but I give it to you.

[Nick Carter icp]

If we walks back home , then he would have walked five hundred miles and then walked 500 more , just to be the man who walked a 1000 miles just to fall at her door 

[Kinok Farang]

19 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

If we walks back home , then he would have walked five hundred miles and then walked 500 more , just to be the man who walked a 1000 miles just to fall at her door 

That's what they are proclaiming.

[Burma Bill]

22 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

prompting him to walk barefoot

 

It must have been "soul- destroying" for him!