This is the bizarre moment a paramedic strapped a MUMMIFIED dead woman to his back while riding on a motorcycle.

The woman, estimated to be 70-years-old, was found dead by farmers after suffocating inside a storage hut in Phrae, northern Thailand on Tuesday September 22.

The farmers said that the woman had been trying to steal food from their granaries but was trapped under the wooden floors when she tried to hide.

Although her identity is still unknown, she is believed to be from the ethnic hill tribe Mlabri as suggested by her clothing.

The hut where the woman died was located 50 miles north of the town near the mountain peak, so they asked the rescue workers to assist them in evacuating the body.

Using motorcycles, they rode up the trail leading to the granaries and pulled her out of the hut's floor.

The woman, estimated to be dead for at almost 24 hours, was wrapped in white cloth before a brave paramedic volunteer strapped her to his back to ride pillion because there was no vehicle to fetch her down the steep mountain.

They rode back to the village for another six hours before reaching the local Buddhist temple where religious rites were said and she was given a funeral.

The farmers thanked the rescuers and prayed for the dead woman's soul.

The head rescuer said: "It was the most difficult task we have ever done. All of us needed the bravery to finish the job."

The Mlabri tribe are an ethnic group of Thailand and Laos, with only about 400 or less population remain in the world today.