Villagers bet on hobbling goblin

NAN: Villagers of Thung Chang flocked to the home of Thong Chanthawong in search of lucky lottery numbers after some mysterious footprints, believed to have been left behind by a supernatural being, were found on the stairs leading up to his house. On each step was one left-foot print, bewildering Thong and his wife, Phan, because they didn’t know of any handicapped or one-legged people who might have been to their house. Even more mysteriously, no matter how hard they tried to remove the footprints, even using paint thinner, the prints remained on the steps. While some beings hanging around the house leave their marks behind, others, according to Thong, are self-cleaning. He claims that ever since his daughter gave him a statue of King Rama V two years ago, it has never gathered dust or cobwebs, even though he has never cleaned it.