A family of nine in the north eastern province of Mahasarakham said they were being harassed by villagers after a spirit medium arrived and said that a woman in the family was an ogress or Phee Phop in Thai.
The medium organized a noisy exorcism at their house that caused considerable distress to the family who said they had nothing to do with evil spirits.
Following the exorcism the family claimed they were still being treated as though they were responsible for deaths that had occurred to two people from the area in another province.
They called in the local district chief of the Cheun Chom area who arrived with his deputies and soldiers to try sort out the problem and reason with the superstitious neighbours.
They used their authority to convince other villagers that the family were not responsible for the misfortunes in the village.
The family said they had been to the police but did not want to file charges as that would only make matters worse.
They just wanted everyone to know that the woman in the family was not possessed and the family was not harbouring any ogres and ogresses.
It is unbelievable that in this day and age, people can still believe in such superstitious nonsense.
Even in remote areas there is no excuse for these practices to be going on. Surely there must be some way that these people can be educated and also these self-professed witchfinders should be locked up to discourage others.
Authorities should have the power to stop these idiots who are able to cause so much pain and distress to perfectly normal families.
(Source:-Daily News)