Thailand Ghosts!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
This is an actual printed story from the Pattaya newspaper today......
Patcharapol PanrakIt doesn’t take much for Thai boat captains to report seeing ghosts, so when the Royal Thai Navy couldn’t find a man seen by one skipper waving for help on a Samae San Bay Island near where numerous scuba divers have died, the natural conclusion was it had been a visitor from beyond the spectral plane.A Navy search team was dispatched to Rong Kohn Rong Nang Island Aug. 11 after Somyot Thabjui, captain of the boat owned by Maptaput New City’s Ray Divers, reported seeing a man in shorts and a t-shirt signaling for help with a white foam plate. Somyot told Navy officials he was unable to rescue the man due to strong winds and waves that prevented a large boat from getting near the rocky isle. A patrol boat under the command of Lt. Warawut Leelarak surveyed the island along with nearby islets and the waters near the Hardeep shipwreck but found no one. Warawut checked again with the boat captain who confirmed that not only he and his Thai crew, but foreign divers as well, had seen the man. Further checks, however, turned up no one in distress.Somyat and other Thai seamen in the area concluded what they’d seen was a ghost, possibly of 35-year-old Wiwat Tiranakornkul, a dive instructor with Bangkok’s Evolution Divers who perished along with a student near Rong Kohn Rong Nang May 10. The body of student Pote Sawangwongsaree was recovered but Wiwat’s body has not been found.It wouldn’t be the first ghost story associated with that patch of ocean. The Hardeep has seen a number of diving fatalities since it was sunk during World War II. Locals swear that on the 8th and 15th of every month a Thai orchestra of wooden and percussion instruments can be heard. Local boat captains consider the Hardeep area a cemetery and expect to see visions on a regular basis.
Patcharapol PanrakIt doesn’t take much for Thai boat captains to report seeing ghosts, so when the Royal Thai Navy couldn’t find a man seen by one skipper waving for help on a Samae San Bay Island near where numerous scuba divers have died, the natural conclusion was it had been a visitor from beyond the spectral plane.A Navy search team was dispatched to Rong Kohn Rong Nang Island Aug. 11 after Somyot Thabjui, captain of the boat owned by Maptaput New City’s Ray Divers, reported seeing a man in shorts and a t-shirt signaling for help with a white foam plate. Somyot told Navy officials he was unable to rescue the man due to strong winds and waves that prevented a large boat from getting near the rocky isle. A patrol boat under the command of Lt. Warawut Leelarak surveyed the island along with nearby islets and the waters near the Hardeep shipwreck but found no one. Warawut checked again with the boat captain who confirmed that not only he and his Thai crew, but foreign divers as well, had seen the man. Further checks, however, turned up no one in distress.Somyat and other Thai seamen in the area concluded what they’d seen was a ghost, possibly of 35-year-old Wiwat Tiranakornkul, a dive instructor with Bangkok’s Evolution Divers who perished along with a student near Rong Kohn Rong Nang May 10. The body of student Pote Sawangwongsaree was recovered but Wiwat’s body has not been found.It wouldn’t be the first ghost story associated with that patch of ocean. The Hardeep has seen a number of diving fatalities since it was sunk during World War II. Locals swear that on the 8th and 15th of every month a Thai orchestra of wooden and percussion instruments can be heard. Local boat captains consider the Hardeep area a cemetery and expect to see visions on a regular basis.
Post a Comment