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Man spends 3 days in well after villagers mistake his cries for ghost wailing (www.dagens.com)
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A 22-year-old man named Liu Chuanyi spent three grueling days at the bottom of a 12-meter-deep well in a remote forest near the Thailand-Myanmar border.

Villagers who heard his cries for help reportedly mistook them for ghostly wails and avoided the area out of fear.

As reported by the OC news outlet, authorities believe Liu was trekking through the forest when he fell into the abandoned well, sustaining severe injuries, including a fractured wrist and a concussion.

Alone and unable to climb out, he began shouting for help.

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Tragically, nearby villagers who heard the strange cries were convinced they were the work of a ghost and refused to investigate. For three days and nights, Liu survived without food or water.

His luck changed when someone reported the eerie noises to the local police.

Officers investigating the forest found the abandoned well and were stunned to find Liu trapped at the bottom. A 30-minute rescue operation brought him to safety, though he was emaciated and dehydrated.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 46 points 4 days ago (1 children)

People are fucking dumb

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Is this people believing in ghosts or just not liking the poor schmuck and using ghosts as an excuse? ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

Man remained in well until group of pothead teens and a dog were brave enough to investigate the haunted well.

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=0CFuCYNx-1g

Can you imagine knowing that people refuse to help you because they think ghosts are real? Dying of preventable causes because some idiot was told something invisible existed? ~~Medicine~~ Aid right at your fingertips from qualified professionals but quasi-religion ensured it didn't happen?

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

To be fair, lots of things exist that we can't see. Radio waves, nuclear radiation, DNA, my hope for my future, etc.

We can measure these things as a civilisation of course, but as individuals most of us will never have the equipment or know-how, and instead rely on being told these things we can't see are real and are the cause of X or Y that we observe in life.

I'm with you though this is very stupid, yeah.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

When I play simulations games like dwarf fortress I often feel like the characters are too riddled with irrational fears and reactions, just society crippling shit. And then I read stuff like this and realize it's not as absurd.

[โ€“] andrew_bidlaw 9 points 4 days ago

Kudos to this one person reporting it.

[โ€“] idegenszavak 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

During the Vietnam war the US used eerie sounds as a scare tactic against local population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wandering_Soul It's strange that such believes are still these common in the region

[โ€“] Grass 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

With the states undermining their own education system, they will soon easily fall victim to such attacks too if they aren't already that far along.

edit: Looks like the US attempt was iffy at best too

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

The CIA did something similar in Indonesia after WW2:

https://greydynamics.com/cia-vampires-us-meddling-in-the-philippines/