Monk’s divine intervention calms drunk Russian man causing chaos in Pattaya

A Thai monk used divine intervention to control a drunk, out-of-control Russian man causing chaos on a street in Soi Chalerm Prakiat 19 in Pattaya by tapping the lid of his alms bowl on the foreign man’s head. The monk said the lid tapping was his way to encourage people to remain calm.

The 26 year old Russian man, Rusten Davletov, was drunk and trying to use a key to get into several vehicles parked along Soi Chalerm Prakiat 19. CCTV footage released by Channel 3 yesterday, October 19, also showed Davletov taking off his shirt and approaching locals living in a residential building along the road.

A Thai shopkeeper on the street told Channel 3 that Davletov had not hurt anyone and had not been violent. He was just trying to get into the cars along the road with a key. When he could not get into one, he moved to another and…