WinnieTheKhwai Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 WP, are you back in town or Tak relaying news I'm back for now. Not sure if it'll be for just a few weeks or longer as I've got a lead on a gig in Kabul. Didn't like the one in Helmand province. Pretty rough conditions. Anyway, I never did find out how the body got in the moat... I couldn't figure it... no obvious signs like a wrecked motorbike or blood on the sidewalk nearby. Just the top of a head bobbing over the surface and an unmoving face partially visible... took less than a second to realize the person was dead, but I didnt see any obvious way they ended up where they were. Lets face it, even a semi conscious person could flail enough to get to the side and save themelves, so drowning seemed remote. Like I said, not a pleasant thing to see, but it just didn't make any sense either... we were on the bike and once I saw what the spectacle was, I moved along smartly. Later on, I just couldnt piece together how they ended up there... The north west section of the moat was drained last week, not very deep, approx 1.5m in the centre ... but hey, some ppl drown in a puddle of water! Other parts are deeper. I know from having fallen into it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Decided to bump this back to the top, anyone heard anything? strange no news reports, I first heard of this from a local on the day the body was found, he said there was head trauma...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy85 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 My Thai friend works across the road from where the body was discovered, she also confirmed the head trauma ("broken head" pointing to forehead) and something to do with the jaw possibly being broken. She said he looked Italian, and thought it looked like it was due to a fight rather than an accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoodMaiDai Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Never mind the balcony! Never mind the moat! BEWARE THE BOOBS OF DEATH !!!!!!!! I'll take that challenge. If I lose, it will be a noble death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingman Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Still no news of what actually(allegedly) happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobraSnakeNecktie Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Here you go... http://www.chiangmai-mail.com/current/news.shtml#hd19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommoPhysicist Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) Can you rescue someone that's dead? Maybe they mean 'body recovery'. Edited January 2, 2013 by TommoPhysicist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loaded Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Here you go... http://www.chiangmai...news.shtml#hd19 That's the irrigation canal. The OP talked about a body being pulled from the moat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabaijai Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Here you go... http://www.chiangmai...news.shtml#hd19 That's the irrigation canal. The OP talked about a body being pulled from the moat. Wrong date too. 12 Dec vs 22 Dec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobraSnakeNecktie Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Here you go... http://www.chiangmai...news.shtml#hd19 That's the irrigation canal. The OP talked about a body being pulled from the moat. I didn't say it was the same one. No substitutes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Can you rescue someone that's dead? Maybe they mean 'body recovery'. They go about it in much the same way in terms of the care provided. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommoPhysicist Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Can you rescue someone that's dead? Maybe they mean 'body recovery'. They go about it in much the same way in terms of the care provided. From what I've seen, dead bodies get treated more like a sack of potatoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Can you rescue someone that's dead? Maybe they mean 'body recovery'. They go about it in much the same way in terms of the care provided. From what I've seen, dead bodies get treated more like a sack of potatoes. Without getting into details, I can confirm what Tommo says is true. I was shocked when I saw it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarProfiteer Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 Yeah, it's a bit strange there's been no news at all... seems like this would qualify as a somewhat unusual event. Considering how many normal events in certain locales (street walker rips off tourist in Pattaya, tourist dead from drinking and driving a rented motorbike in Phuket, etc) are in the news seemingly every time they occur, I find it odd that a body in the moat here isn't newsworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Yeah, it's a bit strange there's been no news at all... seems like this would qualify as a somewhat unusual event. Not at all. It happens several times a year, every year. I don't really understand why this is 'news' more than the 14 people who died over the New Years holiday in traffic in Chiang Mai. That's 14 people (likely more) since this topic was started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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