By Tim Binnall
In a chilling story out of Thailand, a Russian tourist died after leaping from the ninth floor of a building to escape what he believed to be a ghost pursuing him. The unfortunate incident reportedly occurred early Thursday morning at a condominium complex in Bangkok. According to a security guard at the site, the strangeness began when the man, identified as Mikhail, appeared before him in a frantic state. "He was completely out of it," the worker recalled, "he kept saying a ghost with bulging eyes was chasing him and trying to kill him. He was terrified, running up and down the building like a madman."
Another witness to Mikhail's distress echoed the security guard's account, explaining that the tourist "was yelling in this awful voice. It was like something out of a horror film." At some point during the commotion, the man made his way up to the ninth floor of the building and, desperate to escape the perceived sinister spirit, leaped to his death. A subsequent police investigation found no indication of foul play and a search of Mikhail's room uncovered a considerable amount of marijuana that had been in his possession. As such, authorities concluded that the 'bug-eyed ghost' was a hallucination brought about by the drugs.