Thai Lady's Cremation Interrupted when Knocking on Casket Detected, Temple Personnel State
A female believed to be deceased and on the verge of incineration at the Wat Rat Prakhong Tham in the outskirts of Bangkok was found alive by monastery workers.
The temple's chief administrator the manager was "surprised" to detect a soft knock coming from the coffin, he informed media outlets.
Mr Soodthoop explained he asked for the casket to be opened and observed her "opening her eyes slightly and tapping against the side of the casket". "The woman must have been tapping for several minutes," he added.
Her brother of the 65-year-old lady stated municipal officials had told him his sister had passed away. However, the monastery's administrator said the brother did not have a death certificate.
As the manager attempted to clarify to the family member the process for getting a death documentation, monastery staff heard a faint knock originating from inside the coffin.
After it was established the lady was alive, the monastery's head monk declared the woman should be transported to medical facility without delay.
The doctor later confirmed that the woman had been suffering from severe low blood sugar - a condition where glucose levels get dangerously low, local accounts indicated.
This doctor ruled out the possibility that she had suffered breathing cessation or heart failure, according to the reports.
The brother said his sister had been bedridden for the previous 24 months and as her condition deteriorated she appeared to have stopped breathing on Saturday, according to the monastery's manager.
Her relatives had travelled from the region of Phitsanulok in Thailand for the funeral rites, undertaking a approximately 500km trip.
