webfact Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Man electrocuted for the sake of a few hundred baht Picture: Thai Rath KABINBURI: -- A Prachinburi man was electrocuted when he tried to retrieve a reward from a balloon that had got stuck on some high voltage wires in Kabinburi. Natawut Panompha, 20, had seen the piece of cloth advertising that had floated onto the wires. He had heard earlier that a foundation had released the balloon for someone to find and claim money attached to it. The words on the cloth promised that in a small pouch attached to the advertising would be 9,999 baht. He even hired a vehicle for 2,000 baht to help him retrieve the cash from the dangerous wires. But as he was leaning out to claim his reward he was electrocuted and fell to the ground. Kabinburi cops found him barely alive and he was given CPR to no avail. Kabinburi electrical authorities then arrived and successfully retrieved the cloth and the pouch - which was found not to contain 9,999 baht but just 825 baht. Everybody at the scene agreed that the money should be given to the family of the victim for funeral expenses, reported Thai Rath. Source: Thai Rath -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-06-08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 pretty strange way and reason to die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 What a tragic waste of a young life. Yet again you see greed overcoming any thoughts about safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopin2 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 What greed can do to men.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMA_FARANG Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 There are those in Thailand for who a few hundred Baht is a real lifesaver. Worth loosing your life for. Just be glad if you are not one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 TANSTAAFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracker1 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Nice gesture to give the family the money their son died for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf61 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 20 minutes ago, IMA_FARANG said: There are those in Thailand for who a few hundred Baht is a real lifesaver. Worth loosing your life for. Just be glad if you are not one of them. Completely agree. I know people who have to get by with a 5,000THB-bucks a month (not a day), and we start nagging in the rare case our monthly wad is less than 6 digits or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 9 minutes ago, Ralf61 said: Completely agree. I know people who have to get by with a 5,000THB-bucks a month (not a day), and we start nagging in the rare case our monthly wad is less than 6 digits or so... what is 5,000 THB-bucks ? I haven't come across THB-bucks before ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 1 hour ago, steven100 said: what is 5,000 THB-bucks ? I haven't come across THB-bucks before ? Sure, they trade 1:1 with THB Simoleans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Sad, but typical. He would have been better off alerting the local electrical department and I'm sure they would have given him the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutoie2 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 2 hours ago, steven100 said: what is 5,000 THB-bucks ? I haven't come across THB-bucks before ? THB-readies, brass, wonga, moola, wad, spondulies, smackers, beer chits. Many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob13 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 THB-clams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anto Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 He got a kick out of the money anyway .R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 50 minutes ago, Rob13 said: THB-clams Too ambiguous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 44 minutes ago, anto said: He got a kick out of the money anyway .R.I.P. Watt are you talking about,? . That's a shocking and revolting comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 I am sure they are very happy to receive 825 THB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob13 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 14 minutes ago, impulse said: Too ambiguous. THB-clam$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton Rd Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 4 hours ago, chopin2 said: What greed can do to men.... Not to mention utter stupidity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamNoone88 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 That's a lot of money when you don't have it. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 That's odd. A Thai would usually first reach for a long bamboo pole with a hook on the end. How high was the balloon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 at least the money went to a good cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 One wonders was he desperate for the cash, or just being a bit too cavalier about the potential dangers? Either way, a very tragic outcome. At the risk or sounding disrespectful, I am certain his family was shocked by the outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian guy Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Darwin would have called it "natural selection"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Italian guy said: Darwin would have called it "natural selection"... Only if he was an insensitive heel. It was a tragedy set in motion by a poorly conceived advertising promotion, crappy maintenance, and the general economic condition of millions of Thai people, to whom the advertised prize would make a pretty big difference in the quality of their lives. Edited June 8, 2017 by impulse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian guy Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, impulse said: Only if he was an insensitive heel. It was a tragedy set in motion by a poorly conceived advertising promotion, crappy maintenance, and the general economic condition of millions of Thai people, to whom the advertised prize would make a pretty big difference in the quality of their lives. I did't say I'm happy about it and I surely understand that poverty and lots of other factors did have a major role. But if you're not aware of the danger of climbing up a high voltage pole, unfortunately you're up to bad surprises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdrunkandstupid Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Hereabouts they send a monkey up to pick the coconuts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampang2 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 6 hours ago, tracker1 said: Nice gesture to give the family the money their son died for it was not an easy decision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anto Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 2 hours ago, ratcatcher said: Watt are you talking about,? . That's a shocking and revolting comment. ''shocking'' agreed !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowofacloud Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 7 hours ago, IMA_FARANG said: There are those in Thailand for who a few hundred Baht is a real lifesaver. Worth loosing your life for. Just be glad if you are not one of them. Yes, but this does not seem to be the case. The guy even spent 2k THB to rent a utility vehicle to help him get to the money. Looks like an acute case of good old lobha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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