Decomposed body of a man washes up on South Thailand beach

In a harrowing incident that has left locals and authorities stunned, a decomposed body of an unidentified man was found washed ashore in South Thailand. The shocking discovery was made by local fishermen on rocks along the beach, close to a popular tourist pier in the Koh Khai Pathiu district of Chumphon, Bangkok Post reported.

What’s even more alarming is that the body was found without clothes and most of the flesh had been stripped away, leaving only the skeleton, legs, arms, and head. Police believe that the man died around a month or two ago. His identity remains a mystery.

The remains have been sent to Pathiu Hospital for closer examination, but Pol Capt Sayant Tumrawat, deputy investigation chief at Pathiu, said that it’s too early to confirm whether the dead man was one of the missing sailors from the HTMS Sukhothai ship that sank during a storm in the sea off…