This is a bizarre story. In Fiji in 2003 a man was found who was raised by chickens. From the ages of 1-8 he was "forced to live in a chicken coop, deprived of human care". He was rescued from that but was then tied to a bed for 22 years "because he was considered unmanageable".
He's 34 now and is making progress. "He laughs and cries now and never used to. He walks up steps when he used to crawl. He didn't used to have favourite foods and now he does. He likes eggs but he doesn't like carrots, which is great because he is deciding between things." Somehow feeding him what I assume are chicken eggs seems cruel.
"You can tickle the bottom of his feet now and he responds whereas before he never responded. His sensitivity is coming back whereas before there was so much pain in his early life he probably didn't recognise what pain is. He doesn't talk but sometimes he makes the sound 'oy, oy'."
No comments:
Post a Comment