Posted on 11/24/2025 12:18:01 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain
A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation.
Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok, posted a video on its Facebook page, showing a woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pick-up truck, slightly moving her arms and head, leaving temple staff bewildered.
Pairat Soodthoop, the temple’s general and financial affairs manager, told The Associated Press on Monday that the 65-year-old woman’s brother drove her from the province of Phitsanulok to be cremated.
He said they heard a faint knock coming from 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.”
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, to which the woman had previously expressed a wish to donate her organs.
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I’m waiting....
This was a Monte Python skit.
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. “
It’s getting dark, too dark to see
I feel I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door
I wonder if an insurance policy was involved.
Over the years, I’ve read about that happening a few times.
I guess it’s all in the timing.
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!”
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.”
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!
thank you for describing my worst nightmare.....
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.
And also all graves should be dug with an escape hatch in case of a premature burial.
Knock 3 times on the ceiling if you want me.
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no.
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
excellent advice!
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