KAMPHAENG PHET, Thailand – A good deed turned into an unexpected drama when a Thai woman tried to help a foreign tourist by flicking a giant cockroach off his head—only to find out it was his beloved pet.
The incident, which quickly went viral online, was first shared by the Facebook page “Kamphaeng Phet Complaints.” In the video, the woman is seen noticing a large cockroach perched on the foreign man’s head. Thinking she was helping, she instinctively flicked it away. However, the tourist immediately reacted with shock and anger, exclaiming in English, “That’s my pet!” The reaction left bystanders confused and amused—raising the surprising question: do people really keep cockroaches as pets?
According to the post, the page captioned the event, “A Thai woman, meaning well, saw a cockroach on a foreigner’s head and flicked it away. But it turns out… it was his pet! Just how heated did things get?”
The video has sparked a flood of laughter, surprise, and thousands of shares across social media. Netizens flooded the comments with jokes like, “When you just want to do a good deed,” “Come to my house, we have many species you can adopt,” and “Maybe keep your cockroach pets at home!”
The story highlights just how unpredictable—and hilarious—cross-cultural encounters can sometimes be.
