Phong, also locally known as Phi Phong or Phi Pong (Thai: ผีโพง, ผีโป่ง), is a

Thai ghost Belief in ghosts in Thai culture is both popular and enduring. In the history of Thailand, Buddhist popular beliefs intermingled with legends of spirits or ghosts of local folklore. These myths have survived and evolved, having been adapted to th ...

of Northern folk beliefs. It is also known as Phi Phao (ผีเป้า) in

Isan Northeast Thailand or Isan (Isan language, Isan/, ; ; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issarn, Issan, Esan, or Esarn; from Pāli ''isāna'' or Sanskrit ईशान्य ''īśānya'' "northeast") consists of 20 provinces in northeastern Thai ...

region. Those who're Phi Phong are beginning of black magic and can't control of subjects in themselves, or force of planted a species. It's called "Wan Phi Phong" (ว่านผีโพง; lit: "ghost herb"), which has a white, hot flavor and make a light in the dark like luminous woodlouse. In the day, Phi Phong appears as a normal person, but at night turns into a ghost. With the light of fire in its nostrils, it searches for filthy foods such as frogs, dung, dead bodies or placenta just like ''

Phi Krasue The ''Krasue'' (, ) is a nocturnal female spirit of Southeast Asian folklore. It manifests as the floating, disembodied head of a woman, usually young and beautiful, with her internal organs still attached and trailing down from the neck. The ...

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Phi Krahang Krahang (, ; or , ) is a male spirit of the Thai folklore. It manifests itself as a shirtless man, wearing a traditional loincloth, who flies in the night. Royal Institute Dictionary, 1999 edition, first printing (2003) ''Krahang'' uses two large ...

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Phi Pop Pop or Pob (, ) is a cannibalistic spirit of Thai folklore. It manifests itself as a creature that likes to devour human viscera. Pop is related to the Phi Fa spirit. Legends A traditional legend says that a long time ago, a flower could take c ...

'', but it disappears if someone gets close. Typically, Phi Phong don't harm humans unless threatened, whereby Phi Phong will throw banana stalks cut from the widow's water carrying pole over the roof of the victim's house. The families of those who're live there will find many plagues. Phi Phong can die if someone correctly identifies its human form as Phi Phong but not in every case. Phi Phong can be transmitted to another person, from being spit by Phi Phong or ingest its saliva accidentally. At Phlapphla

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, Chok Chai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. There's a

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named "Ban Nong Phi Lok" (บ้านหนองผีหลอก, " Spooky Marsh Village") about away from the district centre. Most of the condition is cassava and paddy fields. This is due to the rumors that have been around for hundreds of years. In the past there were about 100

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s (about 1/3 acres) of wetland adjacent to the

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. In the evening, Phi Phong often foraging, therefore no one dares to pass by at night. Until now, this village hasn't been officially promoted as a village. Early morning around 05:00 am on Sunday, October 29, 2023, falls on the end of Buddhist Lent. In front of a house in Thep Sathit District, Chaiyaphum Province, a 17-year-old girl, daughter of a homeowner, was able to record motion picture of strange lights floating in front of her house. It just floated into the area of the house. Then it separated into two lights, before rising up to the top of the tree and went through the fields and into the wild. When she checked the

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, she also saw strange lights. The locals believed that it was the light of Phi Phong. Phi Phong appears in horror

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''Lhorn'' (หลอน) in 2003.

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