‘Everyone was startled’: Thai woman due for cremation found alive in coffin

A Thai woman began moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation, outburst the staff at a Buddhist temple.

A woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pick-up truck, slightly moving her arms and head, and confusing the temple staff, who lives in the province of Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok, posted a video on its Facebook page.

The 65-year-old woman’s brother drove her away from Phitsanulok on Monday, according to Pairat Soodthoop, the temple’s general and financial affairs manager, for her funeral service, according to Pairat Soodthoop.

He claimed that the coffin was muffled by a minor knock.

Everyone was startled when I asked them to open the coffin, he said, because I was a little surprised.

She knocked on the side of the coffin as she opened her eyes slightly. She must have been knocking a while ago.

The brother claimed his sister had been in a bed for about two years before she stopped breathing two days prior and started to feel unwell.

The woman had previously requested that the brother donate her organs, so the brother placed her in a coffin before making the 500-kilometer (300-mile) journey to a Bangkok hospital.

Because the brother didn’t have an official death certificate, Pairat claimed, the hospital turned down his offer. The brother approached his temple on Sunday, but the missing document also prevented him from speaking with them because they offer a free cremation service.

When the brother heard the knocking, the temple manager claimed to be explaining to the brother how to obtain a death certificate. After that, they evaluated her and took her to a nearby hospital.

Pairat claims that the temple would pay for Pairat’s medical expenses.