Raised by Dogs.

By Alex in Everything Else on Jul 20, 2006 at 12:52 am

From the website:

Miss Malaya is a feral child, one of only about 100 known in the world. The story goes that, when she was three, her indifferent, alcoholic parents left her outside one night and she crawled into a hovel where they kept dogs. No one came to look for her or even seemed to notice she was gone, so she stayed where there was warmth and food — raw meat and scraps — forgetting what it was to be human, losing what toddler’s language she had and learning to survive as a member of the pack.

A shameful five years later, a neighbour reported a child living with animals. When she was found, at the age of eight in 1991, Oxana could hardly speak and ran around on all fours barking.

Corrected Link – via digg


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  1. Paul
    Jul 20th, 2006 at 3:45 am

    Is this a hoax? I can’t find the link, and Digg seems to be a technology site.

  2. Paul
    Jul 20th, 2006 at 3:52 am

    I found a link to a different site with the same story: Link

  3. PMC
    Jul 20th, 2006 at 8:35 am

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxana_Malaya

    I’ve seen this girl featured on documentaries several times over the years. She now lives in a home for mentally challenged adults and will probably never be fully functional in mainstream society.

  4. Alex
    Jul 20th, 2006 at 10:06 am

    I’ve corrected the link – thanks Paul!

  5. tom
    Jul 20th, 2006 at 2:06 pm

    Lady Tarzan of the Pooches!


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