Residents in Surin’s Amphoe Sungkha have been making offerings to a strange-looking piglet that died upon birth yesterday, believing that the arrival of the strange creature will bring luck to the owner’s family.
Run Boonnueang, a 60-year-old Surin local, was not amazed when he witnessed his three-year-old breeder giving birth to ten piglets in the morning of Jan. 17 since it was her fourth delivery. What intrigued him was the last baby that came out of its mother’s womb and died at birth.
The unusual baby pig has one eye and a trunk-like, five-centimeter-long growth protruding from its forehead. The corpse has been on display on a chair at Run’s house, and many neighbors have come by to inspect the baby-powder-covered body.
Some have brought flowers and incense sticks along with them to make an offering, hoping to gain some fortune and prosperity.
Run insisted to DailyNews that the piglet’s body would be buried soon, lest it rot and emit an unpleasant odor.
Amazingly, three similarly strange piglets have reportedly been born in Thailand in recent years: In Tak province in March 2010, Surat Thani in July 2012, and Chiang Rai in September 2012.
Is it something in the water?
