A bumper pet

Spotted this little monkey on front bumper of a van. From the distance it looked like a small animal was ran over but when looking closer it looked like a mascot. Can't help but wonder the reason.

I googled that in Korea and Thailad it's a trend that people, especially taxi drivers hang soft toys on rear bumper. The hanging doll or stuffed animal is an offering to the spirits of those that died in a traffic accident and it is hoped that the spirit will play with the toy and leave the car’s driver alone. They believe that the ghost are waiting to be reborn and may provoke an accident by tricking a driver, especially at night. Thus they practice this hoping that the ghost will leave them alone.

I don't know what an owner of the van thinking but I doubt that he (I'm sure that it's he, not she) wasn't thinking ghosts and spirits when hanging this monkey.


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