On Saturday afternoon in 1987, in the jungle province of KwaZulu-Natal, a dirty boy, about 5 years old, was accidentally discovered. The child was found in a flock of monkeys and he probably lived with them from infancy.
The inhabitants of a local village accidentally stumbled upon a child among the monkeys and at first they considered him a strange and sick monkey.
The child was no different in behavior from primates, deftly climbed trees, jumped on the roofs of village huts and, together with other monkeys, stole fruits from the inhabitants. He especially loved bananas.
However, later they managed to grab him and it turned out that he was still a man. The child was taken to the police station, and from there he was transferred to a special school for the disabled, headed by Ethel Mtiane. In honor of her and the day on which he was caught, the boy received the name Satday (Saturday) Mtiane.
Psychologists, having examined the child, made a conclusion. that he was originally mentally retarded. However, Ethel is sure that this is not the case. Although the boy had changed his habits a little during his 10 years at the orphanage, he was still completely wild.
When offered fruit in a vase, he grabbed the orange, bit it, but then threw it on the floor. Then he grabbed a peach, also bit it and threw it too. Later, however, he would pick both an orange and a peach off the floor and finish them off.
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When the child was found, one of his legs was broken and badly healed, so 10 years later he limped and moved mainly on all fours.
All attempts to teach him to speak failed, Sutherday did not utter a word. Although Ethel was convinced that he understood some of the words spoken to him, the first step in the orphanage was to teach him how to wash, comb his hair, wear clothes and not throw himself at other children. Somehow he was taught to wear clothes.
It is curious that when the doctor examined the child, he, in addition to the badly fused leg, did not find any infections or other diseases in him. It is possible that the monkeys taught him to look for and eat useful medicinal plants.
Even 10 years later, at the orphanage, Saterday was very unsociable and kept aside as much as possible, and when the journalists arrived at the shelter, he attempted to hide under their car. He also never learned to share food, and when he got fruit or something else from food, he always ran away to a secluded place and ate everything alone.
And when he was just brought to the orphanage, he hid excess food in holes in the ground, which he pulled out with his bare hands.
Unfortunately, you cannot find Mtiyana's photos on the Internet, either in his youth or in an older state. And in 2005 he died in a fire in a shelter, never adapting to human life.