Almost all Thai people believe in ghosts and are often very afraid of them. This might seem a bit unusual to a Westerner brought up on the likes of Scooby Doo but the Thai belief in spirits dates back from before Buddhism to old Animist beliefs. To give you a slightly better understanding of your Thai host’s fear of the dark and what dwells there we’ll tell you a little bit about a few of the ghosts – or ‘Pee’ in Thai – that inhabit the Thai spirit world.