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Man trapped in Thai well for 3 days as villagers think shouting sounds from haunting

Residents report strange cries from remote forest at night, growing louder and more intense

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A Chinese man who was trapped in a well in Thailand for three days without food or water has been found safe, although he was in a weakened state. Photo: SCMP composite/Facebook
Yating Yangin Beijing

A bizarre incident in which a Chinese man fell into an abandoned well in Thailand and remained trapped for three days – his cries for help mistaken by villagers for ghostly sounds – has amused many on mainland social media.

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The Universal Daily News in Thailand reported that on November 24, local police in Mae Sot, Tak province, near the Thai-Myanmar border, received reports from villagers who heard strange cries emerging from a nearby remote forest.

As police and rescue personnel ventured into the forest to investigate, they called out and were unexpectedly met with voices responding in return.

Following the source of the sound, they discovered a Chinese man trapped at the bottom of a 12-metre-deep dry well in the forest.

The rescue operation lasted 30 minutes, and the man was found in a weakened state with a fractured left wrist, a cerebral concussion, and bruises across his body.

The rescued Chinese man was found to suffer a fractured left wrist, a concussion, and multiple bruises across his body. Photo: 163.com
The rescued Chinese man was found to suffer a fractured left wrist, a concussion, and multiple bruises across his body. Photo: 163.com

He was promptly taken to the hospital for medical treatment.

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