Stories about Mowgli children amaze everyone's imagination. It is difficult to imagine how a child who has been sheltered and raised by animals can, in principle, return to normal life. Some succeed, and some stories have a tragic ending.
Ng Chaidi lived in the jungle for 38 years
Perhaps one of the most impressive cases of Mowgli children is Ng Chaidi. She disappeared in the jungle at the age of 4 and was only discovered 38 years later, in 2012. Locals have heard about the lost girl for years, but they thought it was just gossip. She went missing in India and was later found in Myanmar, where she lived in a cemetery.
Most noteworthy: as for a person who has lived most of his adult life in the jungle, Chaidi does not seem so feral. She speaks elementary phrases, learns and perceives new words, is not afraid to contact people. Since the woman's family did not allow her to receive medical or psychological assistance, there is no information about her exact condition.
Ivan Mishukov became the leader of the dog pack
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Ivan Mishukov, born in 1992, at the age of 4, by the will of fate, found himself on the street. According to one of the versions, his parents abandoned him, according to another - he himself ran away from his alcoholic mother and her aggressive partner. On the street, he became friends with a pack of dogs and even became a leader.
The boy brought food to the animals, and they saved him from the cold, warming him with their warmth and scared away strangers from him. Three times Ivan was caught by the police, and three times with the help of a pack he escaped. So the boy lived for 2 years, until he was finally detained by law enforcement agencies. He quickly learned the human language and became a full-fledged member of society.
Marcos Rodriguez Pantoja grew up with wolves
At the age of 7, his father sold Marcos to a local shepherd, who took him to live in his mountains. After 4 years, the shepherd died, and the boy was left alone with his evil stepmother. Tired of enduring constant humiliation and beatings, the child went to the mountains and settled in the forest. Marcos' story is very special, not only because he lived 12 years in the wild with wolves and other animals, but also because he spent a lot of time trying to integrate back into society (today he is 68 years old), but only partially achieved success. …
“Animals told me what to eat. I ate everything they ate,”the man recalls. “For example, wild boars ate tubers buried underground. They smelled food and began to dig the ground. Then I threw a stone at them, and when the animals ran away, I took their prey”.
Marcos had a particularly warm relationship with the wolves. “One day I entered a cave and started playing with the wolf cubs that lived there, and accidentally fell asleep,” says Marcos. - Later my mother brought them food, I woke up. She saw me, threw a fierce look, and then began to tear the meat to pieces. I tried to steal food from the wolf cub next to me because I was very hungry. Then the mother-wolf put her paw on me, and I had to retreat. When she fed the kids, she threw me a piece of meat. I didn't want to touch him because I thought the predator would attack me, but she pushed the meat with her nose in my direction. I took it, ate it and thought that she would bite me, but the she-wolf stuck out her tongue and began to lick me. After that I became one of the pack members."
Marcos had a lot of animals among his friends: snake, deer, fox. The man still knows how to perfectly reproduce the sounds of animals. He also lectures children in schools, where he talks about the habits of forest animals and birds.
Satadi Mtien never adapted to civilization
In 1987, a 5-year-old boy was discovered in South America, who lived for a year surrounded by monkeys. Surprisingly, at the age of 17, he still behaved like a primate: he did not talk at all, walked like a monkey, refused to eat cooked food, never played with other children, stole raw meat and went outside through the window. The fate of the feral young man was tragic: in 2005 he died in a fire.
Marina Chapman was raised by monkeys
The story of Marina Chapman is so amazing that at first famous publishers refused to publish her autobiographical book, because they thought it was just fiction. If you do not know the woman's nightmare past, it can be assumed that until now she lived the life of an ordinary person. In reality, Marina went through real circles of hell.
At the age of 4, the girl was kidnapped by unknown persons for the purpose of further ransom, but subsequently thrown into the jungle of South America. For the next 5 long years, the baby lived in a primate society. The Capuchin monkeys taught her to catch birds and rabbits with her bare hands, skillfully climb trees, move on all fours. Soon the girl was accidentally discovered by hunters. Since Marina could not speak, the "saviors" took advantage of her helplessness and sold her to one of the Colombian brothels. After a while, she fled from there and lived on the street for some time, until she fell into slavery in a family of famous mafiosi.
The girl managed to enlist the help and support of one of the neighbors, who secretly took her to England. There she got a job as a nanny, successfully married and had children.
Chapman's story is so amazing that scientists have long doubted its veracity. Colombian professor Carlos Conde fully confirmed the woman's story based on the test results. The X-rays clearly show the presence of Harris lines, which suggests that Marina suffered from severe malnutrition as a child. Most likely, this was during the period when she lived with the Capuchins and the diet was very poor and limited. Nevertheless, it is the monkeys that the woman owes her miraculous salvation.
Author: Marusya Kot