News Forum - Woman accused of being a witch and sacrificing neighbourhood cats

[Thaiger]

A woman is in police custody after residents in the southern province of Songkhla accused her of being a witch and sacrificing neighbourhood cats. Yaowaluck Boonchum was accused by a cat owner of being into the occult after killing her five-month-old Persian cat as a sacrifice. The 44 year old woman denied the allegations, saying …

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1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

Some residents said they witnessed Yaowaluck tie up cats by their legs and beat them until they died.

Witnessing such an act and being negligent in trying to stop or at least report it would be worse than the act itself: the molester would have the excuse of being a mad, deranged person who's in need of help (up to and including euthanasia, preferably voluntary), but what's the excuse of the (multiple even!) witnesses? That they're more mad perhaps?

That doesn't mean I believe the act actually happened. It's just as likely that a superstitious neighborhood has a lot of imagination and then (somewhat ironically) accused a neighbor of being superstitious all the way up to ritualistic killings.
 

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

According to a report on Thairath, police discovered that Yaowaluck used drugs and allege that this led to her abusive actions against animals.

That sounds very much like a conclusion has been reached and that a pesky detail like proof hasn't been discovered yet.

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

Officers have not yet concluded the case but told Thai media they need to look at more evidence before concluding the case.

That sound very much like a conclusion hasn't been reached.
 

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