Thread: American Tourist Found Dead After Fall from Pattaya Hotel Balcony

An American tourist was found dead on Tuesday morning after falling from the seventh floor of a hotel in Pattaya.


Pattaya police received a report of the incident at around 6:06 AM on June 4th. Officers and rescue workers arrived at the unidentified hotel located on Soi Thappraya 15 to find the deceased victim, identified by police as Mr. Michael Jeffery Bruggink, a 43-year-old American tourist, lying face down in a narrow space behind the hotel’s parking lot.


The victim was topless, and there were no signs of violence on his body nor forced entry in his hotel room. However, authorities discovered cannabis and a significant number of syringes in the room, which has subsequently been sealed off for further forensic examination.

Hotel security guard Mr. Supornchai Hadkham, 34, reported that he did not witness the fall and was unsure how or when it happened. He noticed Mr. Bruggink while patrolling the area and immediately contacted authorities after finding the tourist unresponsive.


The cause of the incident is currently under investigation, with police considering the possibility of both accidental fall or suicide. Forensic examination will be conducted to determine the exact cause, and the victim’s embassy will be notified.

American Tourist Found Dead After Fall from Pattaya Hotel Balcony - The Pattaya News

Raining humans in Pattaya. What a lovely place. 7th floor this time. Just enough but not to messy for the clean up crew.

Another victim of those three foot balcony railings?

It’s what happens when one gets a concentration of lower end dross with limited resources who finally finish their drink in the last chance saloon and realise there is no more hope and the last illusion sustaining their futile lives is finally dispelled. Poor fuckers jump. Pattaya is a fine emetic cleansing the mind of the distraction there there is purpose to life, a bit like the potion those folk on retreat take when they want to purge their bodies in that Buddhist temple south of Bangkok.

On the other hand he could have been just another stupid fat arsed seppo who lost his balance after guzzling too much Jack D. with his spliffs.

Is this that Genorimo bloke again?

Thank God. For one moment I thought it might have been S.A. until Harry mentioned it was a 3 ft railing and I dont think SA has a step ladder.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

It’s what happens when one gets a concentration of lower end dross with limited resources who finally finish their drink in the last chance saloon and realise there is no more hope and the last illusion sustaining their futile lives is finally dispelled.

Just keep clutching to that dream of your pied-à-terre in Bangkok, SA and you'll be ok.