Who among us is not familiar with Rudyard Kipling's touching story about “Little Frog” Mowgli, a boy who grew up in the jungle? Even if you haven’t read The Jungle Book, you’ve probably watched cartoons based on it. Alas, real stories children raised by animals are not as romantic and fabulous as the works of the English writer and do not always end with a happy ending.
For your attention - modern human cubs, who had neither the wise Kaa, nor the good-natured Balu, nor the brave Akela among their friends, but their adventures will not leave you indifferent, because the prose of life is much more interesting and much more terrible than the work of even brilliant writers.
Ugandan boy adopted by monkeys
John Ssebunya
In 1988, 4-year-old John Ssebunya ran away into the jungle after witnessing a terrible scene - during another quarrel between his parents, his father killed the baby's mother. Time passed, but John never came out of the forest and the villagers began to believe that the boy was dead.
In 1991, one of the local peasant women, having gone into the jungle for firewood, suddenly saw in a flock of vervet monkeys, dwarf green monkeys, a strange creature, in which she recognized, not without difficulty, a little boy. According to her, the boy’s behavior was not much different from monkeys - he moved deftly on all fours and easily communicated with his “company.” The woman reported what she saw to the villagers and they tried to catch the boy. As often happens with children raised by animals, John resisted in every possible way, not allowing himself to pull himself together, but the peasants still managed to recapture him from the monkeys. When the vervet puppy was washed and tidied up, one of the village residents recognized him as a fugitive who went missing in 1988. Later, having learned to speak, John said that the monkeys taught him everything necessary for life in the jungle - climbing trees, searching for food, in addition, he mastered their “language”. Fortunately, after returning to the people, John adapted to life in their society without much difficulty, he showed good vocal abilities, and now the matured Ugandan Mowgli is touring with the Pearl of Africa children's choir.
Chita girl who grew up among dogs 
Sasha Pisarenko
Five years ago, this story appeared on the front pages of Russian and foreign newspapers - in Chita they discovered a 5-year-old girl, Natasha, who moved like a dog, lapped water from a bowl and, instead of articulate speech, only barked, which is not surprising, because, as it later turned out, the girl spent almost her entire life in a locked room, in the company of cats and dogs. The child’s parents did not live together and presented different versions of what happened - the mother (I just want to put this word in quotes), 25-year-old Yana Mikhailova claimed that her father had stolen the girl from her long ago, after which she did not raise her. The father, 27-year-old Viktor Lozhkin, in turn, stated that the mother did not pay due attention to Natasha even before he took the baby to him at the request of his mother-in-law. Later it was established that the family could not be called prosperous; in the apartment where, in addition to the girl, her father and grandparents lived, there was appalling unsanitary conditions, there was no water, heat or gas.
When they found her, the girl behaved like a real dog - she rushed at people and barked. Having taken Natasha from her parents, guardianship and trusteeship officials placed her in a rehabilitation center so that the girl could adapt to life in human society; her “loving” father and mother were arrested.
Volgograd birdcage prisoner 
The story of a Volgograd boy in 2008 shocked the entire Russian public. His own mother kept him locked up in a 2-room apartment inhabited by many birds. For unknown reasons, the mother did not raise the child, giving him food, but not communicating with him at all. As a result, the boy, until he was seven years old, spent all his time with the birds, when law enforcement officers found him, in response to their questions he only “chirped” and flapped his “wings.” The room where he lived was filled with bird cages and simply overflowing with droppings. As eyewitnesses reported, the boy's mother clearly suffered from a mental disorder - she fed street birds, took the birds home and lay on the bed all day long, listening to their chirping. She didn’t pay any attention to her son, apparently considering him one of her pets. When the relevant authorities became aware of the “bird boy,” he was sent to a psychological rehabilitation center, and his 31-year-old mother was deprived of parental rights.
Little Argentine rescued by stray cats
In 2008, police in the Argentine province of Misiones discovered a homeless one-year-old baby who was in the company of wild cats. Apparently, the boy was in the company of cats for at least several days - the animals took care of him as best they could: they licked dried dirt from his skin, brought him food and warmed him on frosty winter nights. A little later, we managed to find the boy’s father, who led a vagabond lifestyle - he told the police that a few days ago he lost his son while he was collecting waste paper. The dad told officers that the wild cats always protected his son.
"Kaluga Mowgli" 
2007, Kaluga region, Russia. Residents of one of the villages noticed a boy in the nearby forest who looked to be about 10 years old. The child was in a pack of wolves, who apparently considered him “one of their own” - together with them he obtained food, running on bent legs. Later, law enforcement officers raided the “Kaluga Mowgli” and found him in a wolf’s den, after which he was sent to one of the Moscow clinics. The surprise of the doctors knew no bounds - after examining the boy, they concluded that although he looked like a 10-year-old, in fact he should have been about 20 years old. From living in a wolf pack, the guy’s toenails turned almost into claws, his teeth resembled fangs, his behavior in everything copied the habits of wolves.
The young man could not speak, did not understand Russian, and did not respond to the name Lyosha given to him during his capture, reacting only when he was called “kiss-kiss-kis.” Unfortunately, specialists were unable to return the boy to normal life- just 24 hours after he was admitted to the clinic, “Lyosha” escaped. His further fate is unknown.
Pupil of Rostov goats
In 2012, employees of the guardianship authorities of the Rostov region, having come to check one of the families, saw a terrible picture - 40-year-old Marina T. kept her 2-year-old son Sasha in a goat pen, practically not caring about him, while When the child was found, the mother was not at home. The boy spent all his time with animals, played and slept with them, as a result, by the age of two he could not learn to speak or eat normally. Is it worth mentioning that the sanitary conditions in the two-by-three-meter room he shared with his horned “friends” not only left much to be desired - they were appalling. Sasha was emaciated from malnutrition; when doctors examined him, it turned out that he weighed about a third less than healthy children his age.
The boy was sent to rehabilitation and then to an orphanage. At first, when they tried to return him to human society, Sasha was very afraid of adults and refused to sleep in the bed, trying to crawl under it. A criminal case was opened against Marina T. under the article “Improper performance of parental responsibilities”; a lawsuit was filed in court to deprive her of parental rights.
Adopted son of a Siberian guard dog 
In one of the provincial regions of the Altai Territory in 2004, a 7-year-old boy was discovered who was raised by a dog. His own mother abandoned little Andrei three months after his birth, entrusting the care of her son to his alcoholic father. Shortly after this, the parent also left the house where they lived, apparently without even remembering the child. The guard dog became the boy’s father and mother, who fed Andrei and raised him in his own way. When social workers found him, the boy could not speak, moved only like a dog and was wary of people. He bit and carefully sniffed the food that was offered to him.
For a long time they could not wean the child from dog habits - in orphanage he continued to behave aggressively, rushing at his peers. However, gradually the specialists managed to instill in him the skills of communicating with gestures, Andrei learned to walk like a human and use cutlery while eating. The guard dog's foster child also got used to sleeping in bed and playing with a ball; his attacks of aggression occurred less and less often and gradually subsided.
From childhood, a person is formed under the influence of the conditions in which he grows. And if, before the age of 5, a child finds himself surrounded by animals rather than people, he adopts their habits and gradually loses his human appearance. "Mowgli Syndrome"- got this name cases of children forming in the wild. After returning to people, socialization became impossible for many of them. How the fates of the most famous Mowgli children turned out is further in the review.
Raised by hermits. For seventeen years he lived in a dugout, where he was later abandoned by his parents. The young man himself said that, according to his parents, he was born in 1993 in the vicinity of the village of Kaitanak outside a medical institution. He has not received any education, has no social skills or understanding of the outside world.
IN November 2011 In the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg, Mowgli girls were discovered - two sisters, six and four years old. They never ate hot food, did not know how to speak, and expressed gratitude like dogs, trying to lick adults' hands. The girls' parents are experienced alcoholics.
IN February 2010 employees of the juvenile affairs inspectorate - without the necessary education and in unsanitary conditions. The owner, born in 1971, lived in a private house, her daughter was born in 1989, an eight-month-old grandson and two granddaughters, one of whom was two years old and the other two months old. At the same time, the older girl at two years old did not speak, but only mooed, the boy at eight months looked like a five-month old, and the younger girl was emaciated. The police did not find any documents on the children.
IN February 2010 in one of the apartments in the Sormovsky district, about which his parents did not care. He was not fed or clothed, his health was not monitored, and his development and training were not taken care of. He was born with mental disabilities and previously attended a special school. Due to inadequate care, his health condition deteriorated significantly.
The child was found thanks to neighbors who began to feed him and showed him to the doctors. The boy spoke poorly and did not remember the last time he washed himself.
IN July 2009 The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Chita deprived the parents of parental rights. According to the Internal Affairs Directorate, the five-year-old girl has never been outside. The owners of the house where she lived did not let anyone into the apartment, did not communicate with neighbors, and appeared on the street mainly to walk their pets. Despite the fact that the baby lived in a three-room apartment with her father, grandparents and other relatives, she hardly spoke, although she understood human speech.
IN February 2009 Juvenile inspectors in one of the houses in the Leninsky district of Ufa found a three-year-old girl who was eating and sleeping with dogs. Her mother drank and lived in a garbage dump. The girl was afraid of people and strove, like a dog, to get on all fours. She didn't know what a spoon was.
As children, we all watched a cartoon about a little boy, Mowgli, who was raised by a pack of wolves. And then it seemed to all of us that this was just a made-up story and that this could not happen in life.
But, unfortunately, this is not so. There are several shocking facts that prove that modern Mowgli can exist in real life. The following 12 facts may just shock you! Do not miss!
Another shocking fact is the story of a girl that will amaze you even more! It is known that until the age of 3, the real modern Mugli Madina lived only with dogs, ate the food they caught, slept and warmed herself against them when she was cold. The girl’s mother was drunk most of the day, and her father left the family before she was born. Eyewitnesses say that while my mother had alcoholic guests, Madina was running with the dogs on all fours on the floor and pulling bones. If Madina ran out onto the playground, she was not playing, but simply attacking the children, because she did not know how to communicate in any other way. At the same time, doctors give an optimistic forecast for the girl’s future, assuring that she only needs adaptation and training.
The list of shocking facts about modern Mowgli also included Oksana Malaya from Ukraine. This girl was found in a dog kennel at the age of 8, of which she lived with four-legged dogs for exactly 6 years. It is known that Oksana’s alcoholic parents threw her out of the house, and her search for warmth and the desire to survive brought her to the doghouse. When the girl was found, she behaved more like a dog than a child - she ran on all fours with her tongue hanging out, barking and baring her teeth. Intensive therapy helped Oksana learn minimal social skills, but her development stopped at the level of a 5-year-old child. Now Oksana Malaya is already 32 years old, she lives in Odessa on a farm under close supervision and care.
The story of the modern Mowgli Van Yudin from Volgograd has recently stirred up all the media. It turned out that a boy under 7 years old was locked by his mother in a room, the only furniture in which were cages with birds! And, despite the fact that Vanya was not subjected to violence, and his mother fed him regularly, he was deprived of the most important thing - communication! The boy filled this gap with the help of his roommates... And as a result, Vanya did not learn to speak, but only chirped like a bird and flapped his wings. Now the bird boy is in a psychological rehabilitation center.
At the age of 4, having suffered domestic violence, Vanya ran away from home. In order to survive, the boy was forced to wander and beg. Soon a pack of dogs accepted him as one of their own. Vanya ate, slept and played with them. And even more - the dogs “appointed” the boy as their leader! For almost two years Vanya lived a homeless life with four-legged animals until he found himself in a shelter. Today, this modern Mowgli has completely undergone social adaptation and lives a full life.
Among the shocking facts about modern Mowgli there is another story about the girl Janie. She had bad luck immediately after birth. Her father decided that she was developmentally delayed and isolated her from society. Janie spent most of her childhood alone, sitting on a potty chair in a small room at home. She even slept on this chair! At the age of 13, the girl ended up with her mother in the social service, where workers suspected strangeness in her behavior. And it’s not surprising, because Janie couldn’t utter a single articulate sound, and she was constantly scratching herself and spitting. This case turned out to be tempting for many specialists. Janie immediately became an object for research and experimentation. After some time, she learned several words, although it was impossible for her to put them together into sentences. The biggest achievements were reading short texts and minimal social behavior skills. After a little adaptation, Janie lived a little more with her mother and in other foster families, where she went through humiliation and even violence! After funding for doctors stopped, the girl’s development again experienced regression and complete silence. For some time, her name was completely forgotten, until a private detective discovered that she lived in an institution for mentally retarded adults.
This kid was locked in a chicken coop as punishment by his parents for bad behavior. This is truly a shocking fact. Well, after the mother shortened her life and the father was killed, the grandfather took over the upbringing. However, his methods also cannot be called innovative, because instead of taking care of his grandson, he preferred to hide him with chickens and roosters. Sujit was rescued from a chicken coop at the age of 8. It is known that the boy could only cackle and clap. He pecked at the food, and slept like a bird - sitting and tucking his leg. Workers at a nursing home took him in for rehabilitation for a while, but there the boy behaved very aggressively, for which he was tied to the bed with a sheet for more than 20 years! Now an adult man is being cared for by Elizabeth Clayton, who discovered him in a chicken coop as a child.
Another shocking fact is that 8-year-old Amala and one-and-a-half-year-old Kamala were discovered in a wolf’s den by Pastor Joseph Singh in 1920. He was able to pick up the girls only when the wolves left the house. But his action did not turn out to be successful. The captured girls were not ready for life with people, the joints of their arms and legs were deformed from living on all fours, and they preferred to eat only fresh meat! But amazingly, their hearing, vision and smell were absolute! It is known that Amala died a year after they were found, and Kamala even learned to walk upright and speak a few words, but at the age of 17 she died of kidney failure. Here is such a sad story about two modern Mowglis.
After seeing his own father kill his mother, three-year-old John Ssebunya ran away from home. He found his shelter in the jungle with the monkeys. It was from these animals that he learned survival techniques. His diet consisted of roots, sweet potatoes, nuts and cassava. After people found the boy, he was treated for a long time for worms and calluses on his knees. But, in addition to the fact that John quickly learned to speak, he was discovered to have another talent - a wonderful voice! Now the monkey boy is a real celebrity, and he can often be seen on tour even in the UK as part of the children's choir “Pearls of Africa”!
At the age of 5, Marina was kidnapped from her home village in South America and abandoned by her captors in the jungle. All this time, the girl Mowgli lived among the capuchin monkeys until she was found by hunters. She ate everything that animals got - roots, berries, bananas. She slept in the hollows of trees, walked on all fours and could not speak at all. But after the rescue, the girl’s life did not get better - she was sold to a brothel, and then ended up as a servant in a mafia family, from where a neighbor rescued her. Even though he had five children of his own, a kind person He sheltered the girl, and upon reaching adulthood in 1977, he helped Marina get a job as a housekeeper in the UK. It was there that the girl decided to arrange her life, got married and even gave birth to children. Well, with her youngest daughter Vanessa, Marina also wrote an autobiographical book “The Girl with No Name”! This is such an incredible and shocking fact!
Marie Angelique Mamie Le Blanc, despite her age, is known and documented! It is known that for more than 10 years Marie wandered through the forests of France alone. Armed with a club, the girl defended herself from wild animals by eating fish, birds and frogs. When Marie was caught at the age of 19, her skin was already completely dark, her hair was one tangled tow, and her fingers were crooked. The girl was always ready for an attack, looked around her and even drank water on all fours from the river. She did not know human speech and communicated using howls and growls. It is known that she could not get used to ready-made food, preferring to independently obtain and eat raw animals! In 1737, rather for the sake of hunting, the girl was sheltered by the Queen of Poland. Since that time, rehabilitation among people has borne its first fruits - the girl learned to speak, read, and even attracted her first fans. The Wild Woman from Champagne lived to be 63 years old and died in 1775 in Paris.
At the age of 2 years, this baby was dragged into the thicket of the forest by a female leopard. Three years later, the hunter, having killed the predator, discovered her cubs and a five-year-old boy in the den! Then the baby was returned to his family. It is known that for a long time the boy ran on all fours, biting and growling. And out of habit, he bent his fingers at right angles, for comfortable climbing in trees. And despite the fact that the adaptation returned him to his “human” appearance, the leopard boy did not live long, dying from an eye disease (this was not related to his childhood adventures!)
And this girl is a real modern Mowgli, raised by wolves and never allowed herself to be tamed! It is known that she was seen several times, standing on all fours, in a pack of wolves, attacking goats and sucking milk from a she-wolf.
Raised by hermits. For seventeen years he lived in a dugout, where he was later abandoned by his parents. The young man himself said that, according to his parents, he was born in 1993 in the vicinity of the village of Kaitanak outside a medical institution. He has not received any education, has no social skills or understanding of the outside world.
IN November 2011 In the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg, Mowgli girls were discovered - two sisters, six and four years old. They never ate hot food, did not know how to speak, and expressed gratitude like dogs, trying to lick adults' hands. The girls' parents are experienced alcoholics.
IN February 2010 employees of the juvenile affairs inspectorate - without the necessary education and in unsanitary conditions. The owner, born in 1971, lived in a private house, her daughter was born in 1989, an eight-month-old grandson and two granddaughters, one of whom was two years old and the other two months old. At the same time, the older girl at two years old did not speak, but only mooed, the boy at eight months looked like a five-month old, and the younger girl was emaciated. The police did not find any documents on the children.
IN February 2010 in one of the apartments in the Sormovsky district, about which his parents did not care. He was not fed or clothed, his health was not monitored, and his development and training were not taken care of. He was born with mental disabilities and previously attended a special school. Due to inadequate care, his health condition deteriorated significantly.
The child was found thanks to neighbors who began to feed him and showed him to the doctors. The boy spoke poorly and did not remember the last time he washed himself.
IN July 2009 The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Chita deprived the parents of parental rights. According to the Internal Affairs Directorate, the five-year-old girl has never been outside. The owners of the house where she lived did not let anyone into the apartment, did not communicate with neighbors, and appeared on the street mainly to walk their pets. Despite the fact that the baby lived in a three-room apartment with her father, grandparents and other relatives, she hardly spoke, although she understood human speech.
IN February 2009 Juvenile inspectors in one of the houses in the Leninsky district of Ufa found a three-year-old girl who was eating and sleeping with dogs. Her mother drank and lived in a garbage dump. The girl was afraid of people and strove, like a dog, to get on all fours. She didn't know what a spoon was.
