A middle-aged man was bitten by a cobra and tried to help himself, reportedly cleaning the wound on his own but without success. In the end, he did not survive.
At approximately 16:30 yesterday (24 Mar 2026), police from Sing Buri City Police Station were notified of an unidentified death inside Si Sakorn Temple, Village No. 8, Muang Mu Subdistrict, Mueang Sing Buri District. They went to investigate along with members of the Ruamkatanyu Foundation, Sing Buri branch.
Upon inspection, the body of Mr. Ning (surname unknown), about 35-40 years old, originally from Chai Nat Province, was found. He was a homeless man working various odd jobs and had been living and sleeping in a room on temple grounds for about one year. He was found lying on his back dead in front of the temple's first aid cabinet, with urine and feces soiling his lower body. The body was sent for autopsy at the forensic institute to determine cause of death.
The next morning, 25 Mar 2026, at about 08:00, Mrs. Kai (a pseudonym), a local resident responsible for cleaning and maintaining order at the temple, came to the deceased's room to collect his clothes and personal belongings for cremation, intending to ease his spirit's rest. Upon opening the door, she found a cobra inside and promptly alerted Sing Buri rescue workers to capture it.
When rescue personnel arrived, they found the cobra, about 1.20 meters long, tied around its neck with a fan wire. They captured it and placed it in a bag to release it back into the wild. Inside the deceased's room, there was a large amount of dried blood emitting a strong odor, broken glass shards scattered about, and a bag containing cotton used for wound cleaning along with a halved lime.
Phra Samer Boonmak, a monk at Si Sakorn Temple who last saw the deceased, recounted that before his death, the man was seen opening the temple's first aid cabinet, taking cotton and alcohol to clean a wound, then returning to his room. Shortly afterward, he came back and collapsed, lying on his back dead in front of the temple's medicine cabinet.
Based on the initial investigation, it is believed the man was cutting branches in the forest beside the temple when he was bitten by a cobra. He caught the snake and brought it back to his room, tying it around the neck with a fan wire. He then tried to treat the bite by breaking a glass bottle and using shards to cut the wound open to extract venom, rinsing it with alcohol and lime juice, but to no avail.
Ultimately, he returned to the temple's medicine cabinet seeking help but died in front of it. The lack of a visible wound during body collection was due to feces covering his legs, obscuring the bite. Authorities are continuing their investigation and contacting relatives to take custody of the body for religious funeral rites.