Commotion As 65-Year-Old Woman Wakes Up And Knocks On Coffin Minutes Before She Was To Be Cremated (Video)

A woman in Thailand stunned temple staff when she began moving inside her coffin just before her scheduled cremation.

Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in Nonthaburi province near Bangkok, shared a video on its Facebook page showing a woman in a white coffin in the back of a pickup truck, subtly moving her arms and head, leaving temple staff stunned.

Pairat Soodthoop, the temple’s general and financial affairs manager, told The Associated Press on Monday, Nov. 24, that the 65-year-old woman’s brother drove her from the province of Phitsanulok to be cremated. He said they then heard a faint knock coming from the coffin.

“I was a bit surprised, so I asked them to open the coffin, and everyone was startled,” he said. “I saw her opening her eyes slightly and knocking on the side of the coffin. She must have been knocking for quite some time.”

According to Pairat, the brother said his sister had been bedridden for about two years, when her health deteriorated and she became unresponsive, appearing to stop breathing two days ago.

The brother then placed her in a coffin and made the 500-kilometer journey to a hospital in Bangkok, to which the woman had previously expressed a wish to donate her organs.

The hospital refused to accept the brother’s offer as he didn’t have an official de@th certificate, Pairat said.

His temple offers a free cremation service, which is why the brother approached them on Sunday, Nov. 23, but was also refused due to the missing document.

The temple manager said that while he was explaining how to get a de@th certificate, they heard the knocking from inside the casket. They then assessed her and sent her to a nearby hospital. The temple would cover her medical expenses, according to Pairat.