A 65-year-old woman in Thailand was discovered to be alive in a coffin when it was brought to be cremated.
A video about the incident was posted on the Facebook page for the Buddhist temple Wat Rat Prakhong Tham. In the video, according to AP News, a woman can be seen lying in a white coffin in the back of a pick-up truck while slightly moving her arms and head.
Speaking to AP News about the situation, Wat Rat Prakhong Thamm’s general and financial affairs manager, Pairat Soodthoop, said that the woman’s brother brought her to be cremated from the province of Phitsanulok. During transportation, temple staff heard a faint knock from inside the coffin.
“I was a bit surprised, so I asked them to open the coffin, and everyone was startled,” he said. “I saw her opening her eyes slightly and knocking on the side of the coffin. She must have been knocking for quite some time.”
Pairat claimed that the brother said his sister was bedridden for nearly two years when her health began to deteriorate, and she was eventually rendered unresponsive. Two days later, the brother put her in a coffin and journeyed 500 kilometers to a hospital in Bangkok because she wanted to donate her organs.
Since the brother didn’t have an official death certificate, the hospital refused to accept his sister’s body. Afterwards, he approached the temple staff, but they denied him too.
The woman was taken to a nearby hospital after she was discovered. The temple’s Abbott offered to cover the woman’s medical expenses.