WOLF CHILDREN

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 105, 31 October 1934, Page 13

WOLF CHILDREN

A REMARKABLE CASE

A GIRL'S TRAGIC STORY

HUNTED AND ATE EATS

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(Received October 31, 10.45 a.m.) CALCUTTA, October 30.

An amazing parallel to Kipling's wolf child "Mbwgli" is revealed by the death of a girl. at Arya Saniaj Orphanage, Bareillj', United Provinces. Two years ago peasants in the Garhwall foothills captured what at first was thought to be a wild animal, and later was found to be a girl about ten years of age. They kept her for a few days till they found her hunting and eating rats alive. They then handed her over to the orphanage, where a careful record of her condition was made. She obviously was accustomed to run on all fours, as her hands and knees were deeply calloused, and she was unable to remain upright. At first she ate nothing but raw meat and growled at anyone attempting to take it from her. ' Gradually she became accustomed to rice and similar food, but retained the habit of digging in the earth for roots, and she preferred food covered with dust.

After eighteen months in. the orphanage she succeeded in standing uprightj and though she had not learned to speak she appeared to know the meaning of a few simple Words. She died a month ago from dysentery.

The orphanage authorities are Of the opinion that she had been living in tho jungle for eight years, but whether she Was actually living with animals is unknown.

Several cases of wolf children have been reported in India during recent years. .