Thai woman brought in for cremation is found alive in coffin after knocking

Associated Press ^ | November 24, 2025

[greenbrier]

I’m waiting....

[fwdude]

This was a Monte Python skit.

[DFG]

From Google Gemini:

“Bells were placed in coffins, often with a string connected to the deceased’s hand, to allow them to ring a bell on the surface if they were accidentally buried alive. This fear was common in the 19th century due to limited medical knowledge, with “safety coffins” and grave bells being invented to prevent premature burial and provide a way to signal for help. “

[ClearCase_guy]

It’s getting dark, too dark to see
I feel I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door

[Opinionated Blowhard]

According to Pairat, the brother said his sister had been bedridden for about two years, when her health deteriorated and she became unresponsive, appearing to stop breathing two days ago. The brother then placed her in a coffin and made the 300-mile journey to a hospital in Bangkok,

I wonder if an insurance policy was involved.

[ComputerGuy]

Over the years, I’ve read about that happening a few times.
I guess it’s all in the timing.

[Sirius Lee]

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[Ronaldus Magnus III]

I Hear You Knockin

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hMjwb13TFCo

[fidelis]

A spokesman monk for the Buddhist temple commented: “Well, I have to admit this is doggone irregular but, dang it, they paid for cremation and durned if we’re not just going to go ahead and do it anyway!”

[kosciusko51]

Man with dead body: “Here’s one.”

Dead Collector: “That’ll be ninepence.”

Man on cart: “I’m not dead!”

Dead Collector: “What? He says he’s not dead!”

Man with dead body: “Yes he is.”

Man on cart: “I’m not!”

Dead Collector: “He isn’t? Well, he will be soon. He’s very ill.”

Man on cart: “I’m getting better!”

Man with dead body: “No, you’re not.”

Dead Collector: “I can’t take him like that. It’s against regulations.”

Man on cart: “I don’t want to go on the cart!”

Man with dead body: “Oh, don’t be such a baby.”

[CommerceComet]

Coffins should come with an interior release like car manufacturers have to put in car trunks. Neither the dead person who can’t pull the release in the coffin nor the alive person who can pull it in the coffin will complain about the cost!

[PGR88]

thank you for describing my worst nightmare.....

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I hear you knockin’ but you can’t come out
You got me wondrin’ what’s this all about
You came around in nineteen-—fifty two
And here I was a thinkin’ that I’m done with you.

[libh8er]

Coffins should come with an interior release like car manufacturers have to put in car trunks

And also all graves should be dug with an escape hatch in case of a premature burial.

[DannyTN]

Knock 3 times on the ceiling if you want me.
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no.

[DannyTN]

Bob Newhart's therapy for a woman afraid of being buried alive in a box."

[citizen]

Keep a-knocking but you can’t come in
Keep a-knocking but you can’t come in, woo
Keep a-knocking but you can’t come in
Come back tomorrow night and try it again
—Little Richard

[PGR88]

excellent advice!

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Thailand uses refrigerated reusable coffins keeping the body from deteriorating in the heat:

Here's a photo, the ones used in our village did not have glass but were ornate in gold: