Buri Ram:- Believers are flocking to a small lake in Buri Ram’s Satuek district to pay respect to and pray on two large takhien or iron wood logs retrieved from the lake’s bed.

Many Thais believe takhien trees are resided by female ghosts, even after trees fell.

The two large logs were found on February 15 when workers were using a bulldozer to dredge the bed of the lake, Nong Phai, in Khanuan village in Tambon Satuek of Satuek district.

The first takhien log is so large that it took the full stretch of four persons' arm length to measure it and the other one three persons’. The logs were found at the depth of four meters.

Local villagers set up a tent on the shore of the lake and kept the two logs there.

Words spread like bush fire and many people in the village and near by district have been visiting the tent since then. The number of believers swell on Saturday, one day before the new lottery draw is held Sunday, the first of March.

They came with perfume, colorful cloths, joss sticks and powder. Some wrapped the cloths around the logs. Many lit up joss sticks to pray on them. Most of the villagers put powder on their hands and rub it over the logs, hoping they could see winning lottery numbers.

Thanadej Siwilai, 51, a local resident said he and local villagers agreed to build a pavilion at the side of the lake to keep the two trees for other people to study because they believe the two dead trees were hundreds years old.

He said it is up to individuals’ belief whether the trees are sacred and can help them win lottery or not.

The last sentence says it all;always about money.

Next week's story will be not good logs.

Another win for the land of reason, logic, and cold rational thought.

Firewood after today's draw I suspect.

No different than tea leaves.tooth fairies,, biscuits becoming bodies,flying through the sky without mechanics,wine becomes blood,and water into wine,so maybe there's some truth in the wood,