Thai grandmother Chonthirot, 65, had been bedridden for two years, according to her family (Picture: ViralPress)
A Thai woman who was presumed dead narrowly avoided being cremated alive after waking up inside her coffin.
The 65-year-old grandmother, who has been named only as Chonthirot, was found apparently lifeless at her home in Phitsanulok, northern Thailand, at 2am on Sunday morning.
Her family arranged a funeral service at a temple the next day and had her placed in a white coffin.
The coffin was then driven by truck for four hours to the temple, which provides free cremation and funeral services for people in financial difficulty.
A temple worker was about to remove the coffin from the truck ahead of the funeral when he heard knocking and a voice coming from inside it.
The worker, Thammanoon, told local media: ‘I peeled back the cloth covering her and froze when I saw she was still moving.
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An ambulance was called immediately to take her to hospital (Picture: ViralPress)
‘She was conscious, breathing weakly, and nodding her head, but she was unable to speak.
‘I was stunned because I’d never experienced anything like this before.’
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An ambulance was called immediately and Chonthirot was taken to hospital, with the temple agreeing to cover her medical expenses.
Her younger brother Mongkol, 57, said: ‘I was shocked, surprised, and happy that my sister was still alive. I nearly collapsed from surprise. It’s a miracle that she woke up.’
He said his sister had been bedridden with illness for two years before the incident.
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