Hauntings are known to occur in places where people die tragically.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4202457.stmLek looks nervously at the Patong sea shore as he describes the passengers who climbed into his tuk tuk minivan late at night on 6 January.
"Go to Kata Beach", the seven foreign tourists told him, after agreeing on a 200 baht fee.
He drove a while, but then felt numb all over his body.
Looking around he saw the cab was empty. He had had what he thinks was an encounter with the ghosts that many say are haunting the beaches and resorts on Thailand's Andaman coast.
And the religious charms he wears around his neck are not helping him overcome his fears.
"I can't get over this. I'm going to have to get a new job. I have a daughter to support, but I'm too scared to go out driving at night," he said.
Lek's experiences are by no means unique.
Other apparitions which have been reported include a foreign woman, whose screams echo through the night from the wreckage of a hotel that was particularly badly hit.
A security guard on the site has already left his job because he could not bear it anymore.
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