Thailand Woman's Funeral Pyre Interrupted as Tapping from Inside Coffin Detected, Temple Personnel Report
A female believed to be deceased and on the verge of incineration at the Wat Rat Prakhong Tham in the suburbs of Thailand's capital was found alive by monastery workers.
The monastery's general manager the manager was "surprised" to detect a faint tapping coming from the casket, the official informed media outlets.
Mr Soodthoop explained he asked for the coffin to be opened and saw her "blinking her eyes and tapping against the wall of the casket". "She must have been knocking for a while," he added.
The brother of the 65-year-old woman said local officials had told him his sister had passed away. However, the temple's manager explained the relative lacked a official death document.
While the manager tried to explain to the brother the process for getting a death certificate, monastery staff heard a faint knock coming from inside the coffin.
After it was confirmed the lady was alive, the monastery's abbot said the patient must be transported to medical facility without delay.
The physician subsequently confirmed that the woman had been suffering from serious low blood sugar - a condition where blood sugar levels become dangerously reduced, local reports said.
The doctor discounted the possibility that she had experienced breathing cessation or cardiac arrest, as per the accounts.
The younger brother explained his sister had been bedridden for the last 24 months and as her health worsened she seemed to ceased breathing on Saturday, according to the monastery's manager.
Her relatives had journeyed from the province of northern Thailand in the country for the funeral rites, undertaking a nearly 500km trip.
