Lite Beer Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Krabi ghostbusters combat spirits with ancient T-shirt magic Residents of Baan Tai village in Krabi province field deployed red T-shirts and other creative displays to ward off soul-starved ghosts. Photo: Khaosod English KRABI: One by one, they started fainting. Young and old. Men and women. Ever since July, members of the Baan Tai village in Krabi province suddenly started fainting. Some later died.Unsure of the cause of their mysterious malady, it didn’t take long for locals to determine the most likely cause: ghosts. Now, armed with ancient knowledge to ward off the malevolent spirits, residents are pushing back to protect their very souls.Homeowner Rayong Boonroong, 70, said Sunday (August 2) that she herself fainted last month and became fearful for her life, especially after a relative dreamed the God of the Underground was out harvesting fresh souls from the living.To discourage the wraiths from entering their homes, residents have started hanging red T-shirts and signs to scare off the gullible ghosts.“This household has no faint-hearted people!” reads one of the signs. “Only strong persons live here!”The ghosts are believed to be targeting residents born on Wednesdays – just like Rayong.“This helps me feel more relieved,” she said of the spirit-repelling shirt.Darunee Wangsop, 26, went one better. She erected a scarecrow wearing a red T-shirt atop a motorcycle in front of her home.“It looks like someone is guarding us all the time,” she explained.It’s not the first time in recent memory that the T-shirt solution has been deployed to guard a community’s immortal souls.Villagers in Buriram province last year used the same strategy to protect themselves from a tall, headless man who claimed several souls while they slept. Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/krabi-ghostbusters-combat-spirits-with-ancient-t-shirt-magic-53486.php -- Phuket News 2015-08-04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtongfarang Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Hmmm have to get me one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMFarang Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Is it the water ?? It has to be the water, or the Fish Sauce ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Unsure of the cause of their mysterious malady, it didn’t take long for locals to determine the most likely cause: ghosts. There is no hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 We could all have a sensible discussion on this, with regard to the use of symbolism, but I expect the usual 'pesky thais' response. Think I'll wish on a star.......... *whoosh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songhua Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 "Armed with ancient knowledge" Yes, people hung t-shirts out three hundred years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 QED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLang Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 A return of The Death Phone Number, that Thailand suffered from 2-3 yrs ago? Answer the call from that number and you drop dead. Developing country, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realenglish1 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I just hope they make the right choice in the next general election........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 A return of The Death Phone Number, that Thailand suffered from 2-3 yrs ago? Answer the call from that number and you drop dead. Developing country, apparently. Yup, totally agree, because in the West there aren't Chain Emails that have a similar content. Nope, not one. Hundreds more like. Kind of illustrates my previous post................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 They need to get that monk they arrested last week down there with his magic power rocks... oh wait, they said that was "fake". Of course this time it is for real.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 3rd world - 4th world - 5th world and still counting back to the dark ages... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorG Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Unfortunately they will (eventually) find out that some nearby factory has been releasing toxic substances into the ground water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorG Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 When I am in Australia I wear a magic T-shirt that protects me from lions. It must really work because I have not seen any lions near my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FangFerang Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 This superstition is no more bizarre than thinking water turns into Jesus' blood, and catholic crackers become his body, which is then ingested in a ritualistic cannabalism. People are superstitious everywhere because....life can be scary and we feel safer if we think we are protected. It's not a Thai thing...it's a human thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Kubasa Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Well, of course it is ghosts and they are terrified of T - shirts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oztaurus Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 so it is the ghosts who are gullible???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petedk Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 When I am in Australia I wear a magic T-shirt that protects me from lions. It must really work because I have not seen any lions near my house. haha I used that expression with some Thai today. They really didn't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajtom Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 WELL I never dealt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halion Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I find it both sad and pathetic that people believe in this nonsense as it speaks to both their intelligence and intellect or lack there off. In a more rational country logic would dictate that there is a high likelihood of some contamination as so many people have been effected however, logic has left the building and the local culture remains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisemonkey Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Q: "Why are you throwing rocks into the forest?" A: "To keep the tigers away." ... you know the rest, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I find it both sad and pathetic that people believe in this nonsense as it speaks to both their intelligence and intellect or lack there off. In a more rational country logic would dictate that there is a high likelihood of some contamination as so many people have been effected however, logic has left the building and the local culture remains Do you, do you really? Look up Symbolism & it's use all over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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