Locals were baffled when this enormous Boeing 747 suddenly appeared in a muddy field near their homes.<br /><br />The Queen of the Skies appeared to have landed in the remote patch of grass in Chai Nat, Thailand, when it showed up overnight earlier this month.<br /><br />Villagers flocked to take pictures of the Jumbo Jet with a distinctive purple and gold Thai Airways livery which had been stripped of its GEnx engines.<br /><br />Apart from the cargo hold, all of the doors to the plane were shut making it impossible to climb inside and investigate further.<br /><br />Villager Prae Anan, 40, said: ''At first, I thought it might have run out of fuel and stopped in the field. I've never even been on an aeroplane so it was a big surprise. I could not believe it.''<br /><br />Residents flocked to the site when the plane first appeared before landowner Somchai Phukieow revealed that he had bought the decommissioned aircraft at a local auction.<br /><br />Somchai said he had the plane delivered by lorry before it was lifted by a crane and lowered onto concrete blocks to prevent it from sinking into the wet ground.<br /><br />He said: ''I bought the plane at an auction in the city. The engine and all the computer parts were taken out already. <br /><br />''I would like to make a small attraction here, with a motor-cross track and a football pitch, so people can look inside the plane and watch the sports from inside, too.''<br /><br />Somchai allowed visitors to photograph the plane from a distance but has prevented anybody from climbing inside.