Posted on 06/25/2013 7:41:53 PM PDT by TexGrill
Mystery still surrounds the death of a Berkeley man who fell from a balcony on the Thai island of Phuket on Monday afternoon.
Joshua Smits, 24, died in a Phuket hospital on Monday night after reportedly leaping from a third-floor balcony at a new hotel in Patong.
Phuket Wan, a tourism news site, reported yesterday that Mr Smits (pictured) startled onlookers when he ran through the street, up the stairs, into the room and jumped off the balcony.
A maid, who was making up a room at the guesthouse about 2pm, witnessed the incident.
The site reported Mr Smits had ‘‘attracted attention’’ as he ran half-naked down Sai Nam Yen Road, turned up Soi Bowling, ran up the stairs to the third floor and leapt from the balcony.
There has been no explanation for his behaviour.
Mr Smits suffered serious head injuries in the fall and was rushed to Patong Hospital.
He was then transferred to Vachira Hospital in Phuket City, where he died around midnight.
Mr Smits had been holidaying in Phuket with a group of friends.
(Excerpt) Read more at illawarramercury.com.au ...
His last words were “Oh,Phuket!” as went into the swan dive.
drugs
Thailand?
Man kicks the bucket by saying phucket in phucket . . .
There has been no explanation for his behaviour.
He was from Berzerkeley , no further explanation necessary
THAILAND?
Darwin has a theory about this...
Or Thighland
Jumped from a balcony in Phuket? Can someone send this man a Darwin Award?
Hangover part dead...
Evidently, the town failed to live up to its name for the victim!
Were his "friends" over the age of 12?
The potential for speculation on this one is endless. For some reason I remembered the Jim Carrey Pet Detective scene when he found out Finkle was Einhorn.
That is still one of the funniest scenes in cinematic history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSPtSEIlp8A
The Hangover II? Was a monkey involved?
... or demon possession, which is grossly under-acknowledged in our world today.
Oh boy.
There once was a man from Nan Phuket...
Actually he was Berkeley NSW Australia.
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