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Child found living with monkeys in a forest in India

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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    There used to be occasional examples of feral children reported in the past. It is amazing this has happened this year.
    The monkeys tried to protect her from the humans who found her and removed her. They were repelled by having a car driven at them.Incredible story when you think about it.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,493
    the most remarkable true story to be published for a long long time .. all the best to the young girl, she will obviously need a long time and a lot of care to resort to a 'normal' life and to adjust to the media attention and interference which is bound to occur
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,876
    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,462
    Alwaysneil said:

    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.

    This has to be the most bizarre comment posted on CL this year.
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,427
    Alwaysneil said:

    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.

    Because she is a poor replacement for Davy Jones ?
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,988
    Chizz said:

    Alwaysneil said:

    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.

    This has to be the most bizarre comment posted on CL this year.
    ... and thats saying something considering the year we've had !!
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,988
    Alwaysneil said:

    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.

    Political correctness gone mad
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,276
    Alwaysneil said:

    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.

    Maybe this might give you an idea.....

    "She was very thin and weak, and it seemed like she had not eaten for many days"
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,187
    What an amazing story, incredible.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,988
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Alwaysneil said:

    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.

    Maybe this might give you an idea.....

    "She was very thin and weak, and it seemed like she had not eaten for many days"
    but most importantly WAS LIVING WITH MONKEYS

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  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Alwaysneil said:

    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.

    Wait.....What?
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,276
    shine166 said:

    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Alwaysneil said:

    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.

    Maybe this might give you an idea.....

    "She was very thin and weak, and it seemed like she had not eaten for many days"
    but most importantly WAS LIVING WITH MONKEYS
    Well yeah, but i thought that was the obvious part
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,422
    Honestly thought this was going to be a joke thread about Thomas Driesen
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,171
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Alwaysneil said:

    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.

    Maybe this might give you an idea.....

    "She was very thin and weak, and it seemed like she had not eaten for many days"
    Maybe he means if that wasn't the case and she seemed well and content would she still need rescuing?

    I've see some human parents who would be alot worse than some friendly monkeys.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,190
    Alwaysneil said:

    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.

    image
  • jonseventyfive
    jonseventyfive Posts: 3,401
    My child lives like a pig, I blame his mother.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,676
    seth plum said:

    There used to be occasional examples of feral children reported in the past. It is amazing this has happened this year.
    The monkeys tried to protect her from the humans who found her and removed her. They were repelled by having a car driven at them.Incredible story when you think about it.

    The monkeys were driving a car ?

  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,876
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Alwaysneil said:

    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.

    Maybe this might give you an idea.....

    "She was very thin and weak, and it seemed like she had not eaten for many days"
    Well must admit my initial post was rather tongue in cheek but good to it being quoted...:

    So she'd been living with the monkeys for about a week then?

    I thought she'd been living with them for several years at least and was a part of their social group which was why they tried to protect her when the metal machine came to take her away.

    And then she was rescued to come and be part of a totally alien human culture and be paraded about the place giving up her simple and happy life with the monkey clan for a miserable existence in a world she didn't understand.

    Still I suppose there is a chance of a happy ending where she learns to speak and then becomes a wildlife expert hosting a program titled living with the monkeys.

    Or summat.

  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,462
    Alwaysneil said:

    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Alwaysneil said:

    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.

    Maybe this might give you an idea.....

    "She was very thin and weak, and it seemed like she had not eaten for many days"
    Well must admit my initial post was rather tongue in cheek but good to it being quoted...:

    So she'd been living with the monkeys for about a week then?

    I thought she'd been living with them for several years at least and was a part of their social group which was why they tried to protect her when the metal machine came to take her away.

    And then she was rescued to come and be part of a totally alien human culture and be paraded about the place giving up her simple and happy life with the monkey clan for a miserable existence in a world she didn't understand.

    Still I suppose there is a chance of a happy ending where she learns to speak and then becomes a wildlife expert hosting a program titled living with the monkeys.

    Or summat.

    Where does it say it had only been for a week?

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  • Charlton and on
    Charlton and on Posts: 1,008
    MSN? Is this real news?
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,268
    sinking feesh said:

    MSN? Is this real news?

    It's Sky news.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,876
    Chizz said:

    Alwaysneil said:

    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Alwaysneil said:

    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.

    Maybe this might give you an idea.....

    "She was very thin and weak, and it seemed like she had not eaten for many days"
    Well must admit my initial post was rather tongue in cheek but good to it being quoted...:

    So she'd been living with the monkeys for about a week then?

    I thought she'd been living with them for several years at least and was a part of their social group which was why they tried to protect her when the metal machine came to take her away.

    And then she was rescued to come and be part of a totally alien human culture and be paraded about the place giving up her simple and happy life with the monkey clan for a miserable existence in a world she didn't understand.

    Still I suppose there is a chance of a happy ending where she learns to speak and then becomes a wildlife expert hosting a program titled living with the monkeys.

    Or summat.

    Where does it say it had only been for a week?
    I was going from this:

    "She was very thin and weak, and it seemed like she had not eaten for many days"

    Didn't get how if she had been living with the monkeys for years she had suddenly run out of food and stopped eating. Thought she must have only just started. Maybe was reading too much into it.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,563
    Alwaysneil said:

    I don't really see why they felt the need to 'rescue' her.

    Clearly wasn't in any danger, she and the monkeys had survived for many years by the sound of it.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,190
    Bananas
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,876
    Maybe monkey society was in some ways better than human society.
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,131
    Would be interest to know how long she had been living with them.
    They think she is 10 or 11.
    While she hasn't spoken they say understand what they are saying to her, so she must have had a good knowledge of the language.
    I'm not expecting her to have been in the jungle since birth but I'd imagine not speaking to anyone you would eventually lose the function and understanding of language perhaps? Especially if that loss of communication is at a young age.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,888
    stackitsteve said:

    Would be interest to know how long she had been living with them.
    They think she is 10 or 11.
    While she hasn't spoken they say understand what they are saying to her, so she must have had a good knowledge of the language.
    I'm not expecting her to have been in the jungle since birth but I'd imagine not speaking to anyone you would eventually lose the function and understanding of language perhaps? Especially if that loss of communication is at a young age.

    Or you live in Croydon
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,209
    Alwaysneil said:

    Maybe monkey society was in some ways better than human society.

    They were always happiest moving furniture and drinking PG Tips
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,876
    I didn't understand the bit in the article that said she was eating directly off the floor without using her hands. I seem to remember monkeys have prehensile toes on hands and feet and they use them to eat.

    Seemed like it might be a fib.

    Or she had just moved on from hanging out with a pack of wolves.

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