Tourists find remains of rotting monk in Lamphun cave - police suspect murder

[webfact]

Tourists find remains of rotting monk in Lamphun cave - police suspect murder

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Two foreign tourists - a husband and wife - had a nasty shock yesterday when they found the rotting remains of a monk while visiting a Lamphun cave. 

 

The couple had entered the Thor cave in Mae Tha district about forty meters when they noticed a terrible smell. 

 

On a path by some rocks they found a tightly bound package wrapped in white plastic and cloth. They called the Thakat police. 

 

Rescue services retrieved the corpse of a man that was encased in a mat, bed sheet and monk's clothing.

 

The corpse was bald headed and police deduced that he was probably a monk. The body resembled a mummy and had been there for several months. 

 

They are treating the matter as a murder inquiry, reported Daily News.

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

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[bluesofa]

14 minutes ago, webfact said:

Rescue services retrieved the corpse of a man that was encased in a mat, bed sheet and monk's clothing.

The corpse was bald headed and police deduced that he was probably a monk.

Nothing escapes the police.

Apart from the Red Bull heir of course.

[mok199]

Men mark mark !!!

[Lucius verus]

Might have been a copy monk who stepped over the line.

Very competitive business ????

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, Lucius verus said:

Might have been a copy monk who stepped over the line.

Very competitive business ????

'copy monk'?

Can you Xerox them now? Thinking about it, I don't see why not, apart from the obligatory warning: Morals not included.

[tifino]

if they really really think it's a Monk, I'd have expected the 'decomposing' word would have been initially used by the CM Thais, instead of the 'rotting' choice made... 

[bluesofa]

Just now, tifino said:

if they really really think it's a Monk, I'd have expected the 'decomposing' word would have been initially used by the CM Thais, instead of the 'rotting' choice made... 

It was about a monk, not a dead songwriter.

[YTP]

Was he rotting before or after the murder?

[unamazedloso]

bald head = monk. 

Dam it im a MONK!!!!! Arghhh... 

[seahorse]

5 hours ago, mok199 said:

Men mark mark !!!

Zuckerberg and Wahlberg? 

[atyclb]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Two foreign tourists - a husband and wife - had a nasty shock yesterday when they found the rotting remains of a monk while visiting a Lamphun cave.

 

 

that should stimulate tourism.   a new take on the "find pokemon" game

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, atyclb said:

that should stimulate tourism.   a new take on the "find pokemon" game

Wouldn't this version be 'find pokemonk'?

[Burma Bill]

Sounds like a lot of monk-ey business to me!!

[wolf81]

12 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Nothing escapes the police.

Apart from the Red Bull heir of course.

And the Shinawatras.

[Aussieroaming]

RIP, poor tourists

[sanemax]

They could use Elon Musks submarine to get him out the cave ?

[Gandtee]

The tourists heard music being played backwards and found a monk decomposing. RIP

[warrima]

I'll say it. If it was a farang it would be a clear case of suicide. Case closed....next.

[geriatrickid]

On 2/1/2019 at 10:29 AM, Aussieroaming said:

RIP, poor tourists

Stupid tourists. They should not be entering caves without appropriate safety measures taken. Some of these caves are very dangerous with sheer drops and falling debris. Others have high levels of bat feces or are home to various snakes and dangerous insects such as spiders and centipedes.