Thai Woman Discovered Alive In Coffin At Temple Before Cremation

A 65-year-old woman was found alive inside her coffin at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham Buddhist temple in Thailand. Her brother had driven her body 300 miles from Phitsanulok for cremation after she appeared to stop breathing two days earlier following two years of being bedridden. Temple manager Pairat Soodthoop said they heard knocking from the coffin and discovered the woman moving her arms and opening her eyes. “I was a bit surprised, so I asked them to open the coffin, and everyone was startled,” he told The Associated Press. “She must have been knocking for quite some time.” The temple initially refused cremation because the brother lacked an official death certificate. A Bangkok hospital had earlier rejected the woman’s body for organ donation for the same reason. Temple staff sent her to a nearby hospital for treatment, with the temple covering medical expenses. (Story URL)