'Widow ghost' terrifies village in northeastern Thailand

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Red shirts keep 'widow ghost' away

Published: 17 Jan 2013 at 15.24
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SURIN – Fearful villagers in tambon Tha Sawang have hung red shirts in front of their homes to repel a "widow ghost" rumoured to have taken the lives of 10 apparently healthy men in the village since last month.

People in the village told a reporter that 10 strong men have mysteriously died, some in their sleep and others just dropped dead while walking.

Doctors said all of them died from respiratory failure.

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jacksprat
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Discussion 17 : 18 Jan 2013 at 08.0917
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A scientific study should be made by using two test groups of healthy village men. Half will wear red shirts and half will wear another colour. Then see who dies most often.
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Discussion 16 : 18 Jan 2013 at 06.0016
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I find it interesting that lots of this people in this forum still suggest scientific methods to check and maybe solve this problem. Please don’t forget: This happens in Thailand, and farang logic is not used and not appreciated here. Things like this have to be solved the Thai way. I guess if now nobody dies any more than more Thais will have a confirmation that red shirts are a solution to a serious problem and there is no way to convince them that there might be a scientific explanation for all this. TiT!
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Discussion 15 : 18 Jan 2013 at 02.1815
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10 men ? Why only men ?? Because it is to drink an alcohol. Investigate that"all men drunk an alcohol or not ?"before discovered a deadbody. The fact of"Only men"has a hint.
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Discussion 14 : 18 Jan 2013 at 01.5614
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And reds really wonder why people accuse them of being uneducated and gullible? Need a better answer?
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Discussion 13 : 18 Jan 2013 at 00.5013
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Amazing Thailand.
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Discussion 12 : 18 Jan 2013 at 00.3012
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From several years ago, the strange News that foreign-tourists deadbody breathing their last has been discovered on the bed at accommodations in Thailand. But Nobody knows a detailed cause through a medical-check. By a remote possibility, these sudden deaths might be breathed their last respiration by a stoppage of spontaneous breathing after a slodown of bloodstream-cycling in a body. This a slodown of bloodstream-cycling is caused by a water-deficit after drinking an alcohol. So, To sleep without drinking a water is dangerous.
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Discussion 11 : 17 Jan 2013 at 22.5211
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After the first 3 deaths, a toxicology expert should have been sent to the village...blood samples taken, and sent to a good lab. Further investigation should also include DNA samples since there are genetic markers now for sudden cardiac arrest (Brugada Syndrome), among others. Assuming this is not some kind of mass suicide, which is extremely unlikely, I am sure a good pathology lab could come up with some theories....as to the ghost...well, to each his own.....
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Discussion 10 : 17 Jan 2013 at 21.5710
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10 strong men drop dead of no apparent causes and all within the last month. I think a forensic (criminal AND medical)investigation is in order to determine if these men had anything in common. Forget the ghost nonsense and concentrate on the medical (possibly criminal) reasons.

Absolutely nothing in that story about any investigations by the authorities.
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Discussion 9 : 17 Jan 2013 at 21.379
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D3: "While I personally don't believe in ghosts I also don't have any proof that they don't exist."

The statement 'there are no such things as ghosts' is unprovable. Therefore it becomes necessary to prove the inverse: that there ARE such things as ghosts. Those of us who insist such things exist must bear the burden of proof. It's as simple as that.
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Discussion 8 : 17 Jan 2013 at 20.558
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And all the guys who believe this are qualified to vote?
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