Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton: The Gruesome True Story of a Man Who Survived Thailand's Deadliest Prison by Hoy T. M

Author:Hoy, T. M. [Hoy, T. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781620873311
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2013-04-26T06:00:00+00:00

A Thai Delicacy

Tim and I called him the “The Reptile Man.” He was burned the color of dark chocolate by a lifetime spent toiling in the tropical sun. A pattern of deep crisscrossing cracks and lines covered his moistureless skin. Bald, he had the appearance of a large lizard, hairless and scaly. His irises were twin black holes, devoid of emotion, the orbs yellow and watery from jaundice. He was frail as a dried leaf and rendered skeletal by illness. His was a terminal disease, his case hopeless.

The Reptile Man was a leper, and like all of those afflicted with that ancient curse, was slowly rotting. The sickly-sweet odor of decay clung to him. Patches of grey, flaking flesh grew into sores, ultimately engulfing and dissolving his extremities. He retained portions of his lips and nose, but his eyebrows, ears, and a few fingers and toes had gone.

He was hideous; a being the Thais believed had been abandoned or punished by the gods. After a while, however, familiarity blunted the shock I felt seeing him. Gradually, it became possible to meet his gaze as he had creep by in the dark concrete cavern of the dorm stairwell or on a garden path in the fierce glare of the day. I might greet him, but could never genuinely return his faint smile.

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