Mysterious Case in Thailand: Why Did This Eight-Year-Old Only Bark to Communicate?
The boy seemed to have little to no interaction with other children his own age. Many neighbors did not allow their children to play with the boy or interact with his family due to their drug use.
The boy’s mother would go to other local villages and temples to beg for money or food, often leaving the boy at home alone with the dogs.
Other Cases Of Neglected And Feral Children In Modern History
This is far from the first case of a child being severely neglected and thus experiencing problems with communication and social development as a result. Oftentimes, children who spend their crucial developmental years separated from society are referred to as feral children.
Wikimedia CommonsDina Sanichar, widely known as the real-life Mowgli, spent the first six years of his life in the Indian jungle.
One of the most famous such cases is that of Dina Sanichar, a child who may have helped inspire the character of Mowgli in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Sanichar was raised by wolves in the Indian jungle before eventually being found by hunters in 1867.
The hunters took him to an orphanage, where missionaries gave him his name. When he arrived, Sanichar primarily exhibited wolf-like behaviors, but slowly began to pick up human mannerisms.
Sanichar ultimately died of tuberculosis in 1895 at the age of 35, and reportedly never fully adjusted to living in human society.
The story of Genie Wiley is another notable case of a feral child. Born in California in 1957, she spent the first 13 years of her life separated from society by her abusive and neglectful father. She was held in a cage or locked in a blacked-out room for years.
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