Real-life prototype of the jungle boy: Cannot speak human language, lives like a retard and dies of illness 20 years after leaving the wolf pack 2
The famous literary work The Jungle Book by writer Rudyard Kipling was composed based on his memories of his time living in India.
Many people believe that Mowgli’s prototype was Dina Sanichar.
In 1872, deep in the dense forests of Uttar Pradesh in northern India, a group of hunters was forced to stop and bewildered by what was before them.
The child was about 6 years old, literally raised by wolves.
The hunters took the baby to an orphanage.
Sanichar struggled with his new life and was considered a fool.
Father Erhardt is the manager and caretaker of this orphanage.
Children usually learn to speak in the first two years of life.
Having difficulty integrating into the human community, Sanichar refuses to make friends and will even bite anyone who comes close.
After more than 20 years of contact with humans, Dina Sanichar has also learned to walk on two legs and wear clothes.
The only habit Sanichar learned from humans was smoking, and soon he became a smoker.
Strangely, Dina Sanichar was not the only wolf child to appear in India in the late 19th century. In 1892, a missionary found a wild child in the Jalpaiguri region.
Over the years that followed there were many more reports of such feral children.
And is the story of Dina Sanichar just a scam or was it really raised by wolves?
(According to Ranker, Timeline)
