Tesla ghost hunt goes viral: Scientist on track to uncover cemetery mystery in Thailand

A viral TikTok video featuring a Tesla car detecting a ghost in a cemetery sparked scientific analysis today by Dr Chetsada Denduangboripant, a lecturer in the Department of Biology at Chulalongkorn University. He suggested that the anomaly could be due to a malfunction in the car’s sensor and software systems.

The viral video was posted by @aunnyc, who drove her electric Tesla vehicle around a cemetery. The Tesla Vision system, designed to detect objects around the vehicle to prevent accidents, showed an object resembling a person next to the car. @aunnyc confirmed that there was no one in the vicinity and that there was no setup for the video.

Dr Chetsada stated that this was not an isolated incident. There have been several news reports and videos from abroad where Tesla electric cars had detected objects resembling people where…