3-Year-Old Remembers Past Life as Snake, Gives Verified Details of Encounter With Hunter

A 3-year-old seemed to know in detail about a confrontation his father’s acquaintance once had with a snake—but how he knew these details remains a mystery.
3-Year-Old Remembers Past Life as Snake, Gives Verified Details of Encounter With Hunter
Could a boy somehow accurately know events from the life of a snake that died before he was born? 1971Yes/iStock
Tara MacIsaac
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A young boy named Dalawong in Thailand was 3 years old when he met an acquaintance of his father’s, named Mr. Hiew, for the first time. The boy seemed to know in detail about a confrontation Hiew once had with a snake—but how Dalawong knew these details remains a mystery.

Dalawong claimed it was because he was that snake in a previous life. He said he was in a cave when he encountered two dogs. He fought with the dogs before confronting their owner, Hiew. Hiew killed the snake. These details were all confirmed by Hiew. Dalawong said that after he died, he saw that his current father had eaten a piece of this snake. It is true that his father ate a piece of the snake Hiew killed at that time, before Dalawong’s birth.