These old images of a human-like buffalo corpse have managed to go viral in the English-language media in the past month.
Nevertheless, here’s the story:
Back in September 2007, Sisaket locals gathered the home of Yim Surachart and Kid Surachart to worship the couple’s newborn buffalo which resembled a human infant.
Mrs. Kid says they have nine buffalos, and one gave birth to the oddly-shaped calf with human features from a round head to two legs the day before. However, the newborn’s gender could not be identified.
Due to the abnormal features the calf did not survive, and the couple immediately buried it at their home.
Kid reveals she dreamed of an ancestor that night, who told her to dig up the buffalo’s corpse and arrange a proper religious funeral.
Obviously, she did as she was told. The couple called their relatives to join them at the ceremony as the news spread to the public. The calf was washed and powdered like a beloved baby while the locals prayed to it with incense sticks, Manager reported.