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...Locals know the phenomenon as bung fai paya nak (Naga fireballs), which have been bubbling up from the mighty river on the late autumn night of the full moon at the end of the Buddhist Lent for as long as anyone can remember. "I've seen them since I was a little girl," says Pang Butamee, 70, who lives in a flood-prone hut on the river's edge. Nearby is Wat Paa Luang?an elegant, 450-year-old temple and one of the most popular spots to watch the fireballs. "I've seen them come up from the river...
...With mad-scientist intensity, he deluges me with data and baffles me with charts for hours. His hypothesis is that the Buddhist Lent full moon coincides with the period when the earth is passing closest to the sun. The sun's pull of gravity, he says, combined with a higher degree of UV radiation increases the concentration and volatility of oxygen at ground level that could cause existing methane escaping from the riverbed to spontaneously ignite. "In fact, it's not only one night per year," he insists. "The fireballs occur over several nights in October, and again...
...away from statistics and be more of a solid measure of things...If I have nine players of equal ability, this is exactly what would happen. You can prove it’s right using math a good high school student would know. If you played baseball on the moon and averaged 300 runs a game, the formula would still be legitimate...
...Despite the legendary psychedelic flavor of those full moon parties and the epochal madness of three-day Goan raves, few globally renowned DJs emerged from the scene as so many did from other party spots like Ibiza or St. Tropez. Koh Phangan never produced a Sasha or Tall Paul, a deck maestro who made his name under the full moons before jetting off to earn $20,000 a night spinning at Cream or Ministry of Sound. Instead, the Asian raves coughed up Tsuyoshi, who first brought Shiva to the Tokyo dance floor a decade ago during his DJ residence...
...escapist really be the voice of a generation? "Let's face it," he says as he prepares to fly back to Bangkok for a one-night club stint before heading down to Koh Samui for a full moon party, "I'm hopping on a plane almost every weekend. Basically, I just can't wait to take...