By Tim Binnall
Strange circumstances behind a Thai boy's disappearance and subsequent discovery have left his family and friends wondering if there was a supernatural influence behind the odd event. The eerie incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday in the city of Lopburi when the youngster vanished during a game of hide and seek he was playing with some friends. For an agonizing three hours, concerned friends, community members, and local authorities searched far and wide for the boy who was eventually found, to the mystification of everyone, sitting disheveled and disoriented right outside of his home where countless people had previously looked for him.
Further investigation into the incident only compounded its strangeness as one of the boy's friends recalled how, during their game, he emerged from his hiding spot and inexplicably began performing a traditional Thai dance. His confused companions described the youngster's behavior as unusual and "unsettling," though dismissed it when he ran off in what they assumed was an effort to continue playing, but was actually when he went missing.
Upon hearing the weird account, many in his neighborhood began to suspect that the boy's disappearance was not simply a matter of him wandering off and getting lost. Instead, they suggested that the youngster could have fallen under the spell of a restless spirit, specifically that of a woman who was murdered in the community nearly one year ago this week. In response to these supernatural suspicions, the community plans to hold a ceremony this coming weekend on the anniversary of the slaying in the hopes of bringing peace to the potential ghost that some believe caused the boy to mysteriously vanish.