Boo Radley Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Floating body in Canal wasn't Dead! Came across this story in the Thai news today. Police received a report of a body of a woman seen floating in the moat in Chiang Mai on the morning of 23/04/12. On arriving at the scene with rescue services the body appeared lifeless and they assumed it was a murder and waited for a forensics doctor to arrive while large crowds of onlookers gathered. Suddenly after about an hour people saw the body move and realised she was still alive! Rescue services dived in, pulled her to the bank and she was rushed to hospital. Officials now think she was drunk or it was a failed suicide attempt and are still trying to identify her. http://www.thairath.co.th/content/region/255015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 nothing against a morning swim! improves your health! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012  Sounds like "drown proofing". Peace Corps used to do that to us decades ago. Now they leave that kind of training to the Navy SEALs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Rescue services training manual - excerpt - 'if body is not moving, it must be dead. If it is moving, it may be dangerous, shoot it and then ask, if it is a good or bad guy, if it moves again, shoot it until it is not moving. If body is not moving, it must be dead. ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted April 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Interesting. Hadn't heard of drown proofing before but just looked it up on Google and seem to remember doing something similar as kid, although I thought I'd invented it at the time lol Maybe it was that, in combination with an ample cleavage sometimes found in women of a certain age, acting as a buoy that kept her afloat and her head out of the water. Anyway, hope she makes a recovery. Will be interesting to hear the story of what happened if it comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Maybe it was that, in combination with an ample cleavage sometimes found in women of a certain age,... Looked more like an ample belly. Why didn't they remove the body immediately instead of all just standing around looking at it for God knows how long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Hi, Why didn't they remove the body immediately instead of all just standing around looking at it for God knows how long? They had to get footage for their Facebook accounts first. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Hi, They had to get footage for their Facebook accounts first. Sanuk! Good one, but true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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