While I was lurking on ATS board (In case you were wondering why I was there, lets just say I'm one of those people who experienced a few close encounters), I came across this rather sad news.
'Barking' Feral Girl 'Raised By Dogs'
A five-year-old girl who was allegedly "brought up" by cats and dogs in a flat has been taken into care, Russian police have revealed.
The child, who lived in the eastern Siberian city of Chita, could not speak Russian and acted like an dog.
"For five years, she was 'brought up' by several dogs and cats and had never been outside," a police statement said.
"The unwashed girl was dressed in filthy clothes, had the clear attributes of an animal and jumped at people," it said.
The flat had no heat, water or sewage system.
A police spokeswoman said the girl, known as Natasha, is being monitored by psychologists in an orphanage.
Her mother was being questioned but her father has not been found yet.
She has the appearance of a two year old, although her real age is five.
The youngster refuses to eat with a spoon and has taken on many of the gestures of the animals with which she lived, police said.
"When carers leave the room, the girl jumps at the door and barks," the police said.
Feral children, the stuff of folklore all over the world, usually exhibit the behaviour of the animals with whom they have had closest contact.
The condition is known as the Mowgli Syndrome after the fictional child from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book who was raised by wolves.
Such children have usually built strong ties with the animals with whom they lived and find the transition to normal human existence highly traumatic.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com
Looking at the state of absolute poverty at some part of Russia, it is to be understandable how something horrible like this could've happen. But still, what an utterly irresponsible parent this poor girl has. They could've given her to people who wanted a child but couldn't instead of abandoning her like this, or something better.
This is not exactly the first time a feral child case like this occurred in Russia either. Some of the known cases are Andrei Tolstyk (2004) abandoned by both parents only to be raised by guard dog, and Lyokha (December 2007) living together with wolves. I'm positive there many more cases like these goes unreported all across the globe.
Poor girl, I wonder how this will effect her life in the future.
And to lighten up the mood on this post, have another
Good day.
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