Thai Woman's Funeral Pyre Interrupted as Knocking from Inside Coffin Detected, Temple Personnel Report
An woman believed to be deceased and about to undergo incineration at a Buddhist temple in the suburbs of Thailand's capital was found alive by monastery workers.
The temple's chief administrator Pairat Soodthoop was "shocked" to detect a faint tapping emanating from the coffin, the official told news sources.
Mr Soodthoop said he asked for the coffin to be unsealed and saw her "blinking her eyes and tapping against the side of the coffin". "She had likely been knocking for a while," he continued.
Her sibling of the 65-year-old lady stated local authorities had informed him his sibling had died. Nevertheless, the monastery's administrator said the brother lacked a death certificate.
While the manager attempted to clarify to the brother the process for getting a death certificate, monastery personnel heard a soft tapping coming from inside the casket.
Once it was confirmed the woman was alive, the temple's abbot stated the woman must be transported to medical facility right away.
A physician subsequently confirmed that the woman had been experiencing serious hypoglycaemia - a medical state where blood sugar levels become critically low, local accounts said.
This doctor discounted the chance that she had suffered breathing cessation or cardiac arrest, as per the accounts.
Her younger brother explained his sister had been bedridden for the last 24 months and as her condition worsened she appeared to have stopped breathing on the weekend, according to the monastery's manager.
Her family had travelled from the province of northern Thailand in Thailand for the funeral rites, making a nearly 311 mile trip.
