6 WED

In Chumporn, a black panther is on the loose. Sanguan Damsanit, 55, local resident, is out rounding up his herd of cattle in a field in Tambon Tha Yang, when he spots what looks like a large black cat trying to eat one of his calves. Sangsuan says that the animal is around 1.3 meters in length and stands one meter high. The sighting comes after reports of unexplained attacks on livestock from the village, which sits next to a national park in Muang district. Thawee Bunyakon, 50, former village chief says that he has never seen or heard of a panther in the province before. He believes that it could have originally been someone’s pet that was released in the national park. Thawee reports the sighting to the livestock department who are now trying to track down the creature.

7 THU

In Ratchaburi, a woman gets  electrocuted while rubber necking a crash scene. Wanwisa Reungrit, 26, is driving home when she loses control of her car, crashing into a electricity pole. The impact of the crash uproots the pole, cutting off power to a nearby village and plunging it into darkness. Nantida Kaewwilai, 27, is one of the crowd who flock to the accident scene. While looking at the crash she accidentally steps on a live cable which broke free during the collision. Nantida is killed instantly by the high voltage shock.

8 FRI

In Pathumthani, a dead baby is visited by hopeful lottery players. Thanadej Deeprasit, also known as Seven, died when he was just two months old. At the time the body mysteriously didn’t decompose and Seven’s hair continued to grow. Somnuk Deeprasit and Archay Deeprasit, Seven’s parents, say they were subsequently instructed by the abbot at Klang Klong Sam Temple to keep their dead child in a glass casket. Since then, local residents have been flocking to the temple in the hopes of deciphering the winning lottery numbers from the body. The parents say that they plan to have their son cremated soon.