Catch of the day: Pattaya fisherman’s grim pond discovery

A quiet evening of fishing turned into a grisly discovery when a local fisherman stumbled upon a lifeless body near a pond in Pattaya’s Soi Thep Prasit 17. As of press time, police are scrambling to identify the man and uncover the cause of his mysterious death.

The chilling find took place at around 8.06pm, yesterday, September 24, in an overgrown, vacant area near the pond, located in the Nong Prue subdistrict, Bang Lamung district, Chon Buri province. The scene was cordoned off as Pattaya police, along with a rescue team and reporters from The Pattaya News, descended on the area to investigate.

The deceased, a middle-aged man believed to be between 50 and 60 years old, was found lying beside the pond. He wore a blue T-shirt and black sweatpants with red stripes. His black sneakers, strangely, had been removed and were found near his feet. Next to the body lay a small towel, a pair of eyeglasses, and a fishing rod with its bait still cast into the pond, suggesting he had been fishing before his death.

Police estimate the man had been dead for at least 10 hours before his body was discovered.

“It’s a puzzling case. We’re working around the clock to identify him and find out what happened.”

The body has been sent to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Police General Hospital for a full autopsy. Investigators are now combing through missing persons reports in hopes of uncovering the man’s identity, reported Pattaya News.

In related news, a fisherman in Pattaya stumbled upon the body of a young woman in a pond surrounded by barbed wire, prompting an investigation by local police. The woman, wearing a black T-shirt and cream trousers, had been dead for at least 10 hours.

In other news, the lifeless body of a middle-aged fisherman was discovered floating in a stream after being missing for three days in Bueng Kan. The last sighting of him was while he was casting a fishing net. Relatives found only his clothes and sandals left behind.