Of wolves and man - Feral children

[peter]

LIVING WITH MONKEYS - 1

Villagers recently discovered a wild child in a jungle somewhere in India. They wanted to take her out of the jungle, but her friends, a group of monkeys, protested. The villagers decided to call the police. With their help, the girl was moved to a hospital.

She's been in the hospital for about 2 months now and doing ok. She still can't talk and walk, but she lives. Between humans, this time.

They are trying to locate her family.

I saw the report on a Dutch channel. National broadcasting company, so reliable. It's in Dutch:

http://nos.nl/artikel/2167049-indiaas-meisje-overleefde-tussen-de-apen-in-oerwoud.html

As she's unable to talk and estimated to be about 8 years, it's likely she was abandoned quite some time ago. Yes, abandoned.

Those who treat her think the girl could be disabled in some way. I'm not sure, but I think there's no such thing as a national health insurance in India. If you're poor and your child is not well, this means you have a problem. 

The jungle in which the girl was found has predators. As she can't talk and is estimated at about 8, it's likely the girl has been in the jungle for quite some time. Predators usually are very aware of the place they call home. Some of them, like leopards and tigers, hunt monkeys at times. All in all, I'd say it's likely they knew about the Bandar Log and the Man Child. She most probably couldn't climb a tree. Yet they left her in piece.

Coindidence, or did animals kept something we seem to have lost? Reply