Bangkok is a buffet of bizarre delicacies which we feast on regularly. The rest of Thailand serves up some weird-fun also. “Amazing Thailand” lived up to its exotic-weird reputation this year with everything from a ghostly superhero and divine sausage to teen girls worshipping a water bottle. Without further ado, here are the most bizarre news of 2013.
Ghost rescues passengers from Thai Airways crash
A passenger injured in September’s Thai Airways crash at Suvarnabhumi Airport claims that the only attentive crew member was the woman wearing a traditional Thai uniform. He later found out nobody wore such an outfit that night. Whoa.
Fan girl worships Biebs’ used water bottle
The girl wrote “this is the bottle Justin threw from the stage. I caught it!!! And I drank the water he left in the bottle. Justin’s mouth was delicious. LOL”
Owner says nine goddesses dwell in Divine Kitten Sausage
Nothing is more important than our readers’ feedback, so let us tell you: we hear you. By popular demand, here’s the divine kitten sausage picture for the last time ever. (Or is it?)
Mimic or not, a mall marriage for all the boygirls and girlboys
From ladyboy girlfriends to tomboys and their dee counterparts, the happy gay couples gathered at a shopping mall to get almost-married at the Mimic-Marriage Registration event.
Suvarnabhumi airport and the case of the Haunted Honda
Superstitious speculation has been happening online about the possible haunting of a Honda which has been parked in the airport’s lot for so long that it’s covered in dust.
Sacred Sword Destiny Legend: Lumpini Park Edition
Call it LARP-gone-wrong or extreme cosplay, but this epic melee to settle a score between hot-blooded Thai nerds found its way to online epicness.
Coffee wars: Starbung Vs Starbucks
After coffee giant Starbucks sued a coffee cart vendor and demanded his arrest, the street barista finally backed down and rebranded his “Starbung” coffee. And then he did it again.
Bungholes: Starbucks demands arrests in IP case
Bangkok coffee vendor backs down to Starbucks’ legal might, changes logo
Drinking Bung’s Tears: Coffee cart owner changes name (again)
Buffalo gives birth to a human-like baby
A Sisaket couple’s buffalo gave birth to an oddly-shaped calf with human features from a round head to two legs.
Some locals in Isaan’s Sakhon Nakhon province are reportedly resorting to eating dog meat and brains, due to rapid inflation in the price of beef.
Wife and mistress enter boxing match over Rayong man
Two Rayong women donned boxing gloves and entered a match that offered as a prize the object of their mutual affections, who was married to one of the women and maintained the other as his mistress. Props for finding such a civilized solution.
Former Miss Tiffany ordained as Buddhist monk
Miss Tiffany Universe 2009 made a decision to remove his silicon breast implants and take the lifelong mantle of a Buddhist monk.
Slap me silly: Beautiful abuse delivers baby-face results
Who would think that getting slapped in the face can get rid of your saggy cheeks?
Snake Man: Trang rescue volunteer catches king cobra with bare hands
A Trang local rescue volunteer and full-time badass used his bare hands to catch a venomous reptile and release it back into the wild.
Kapow! Superheroes grace temple walls in Nonthaburi
It’s your favorite superheroes and icons painted on the walls of a Buddhist temple! Why’s the Hulk still pissed?
Woman says cow is her reincarnated husband
A widow from the north-eastern province of Sisaket suspected her newborn cow to be a reincarnation of her dead husband.
Water monitor lizard invades Thai Parliament House
A 1.5 meter long monitor lizard somehow managed to break into the Thai Parliament House’s air ducts.
