Posted on 10/21/2012 3:43:27 AM PDT by markomalley
Hard to believe.
Why did she wait until AFTER her marriage to tell hubby...
Ahhhhhh.....hubby is part of this scam....
***I bet her grand kids call her Nana.***
http://www.lyrics007.com/Roy%20Drusky%20Lyrics/Peel%20Me%20A%20Nanner%20Lyrics.html
There I was in all of my innocence
Lovin’ you with all of my might
Come to find I didn’t have any sense
You had a different darlin’ every night
Peel me a ‘nana, toss me a peanut
I’ll come swingin’ from a coconut tree
Peel me a ‘na-ana, toss me a peanut
You sure made a monkey out of me
You just had to slip that one in. lol
I dunno, I thought it was pretty ap-peel-ing :-)
Mickey,Mike & Peter are had to let her go after Davey passed.
Monkeys raised me in the jungle, says mum - The Sun -News
Vanessa says her mum brought them up in an unusual way. She said: “When we wanted food, we’d have to make noises.”
I'm hoping that mum didn't teach the kiddies restroom etiquette of the sort that's legendary among monkeys. No, I won't get more specific. This is a family website.
Can we let the poor thing be happy w/her illusions/delusions?
I doubt she’s a freeper, so it’s extremely unlikely she’ll see my comment. There are a couple of problems with her living in a fantasy world, though.
First problem is that delusions are, well, delusional. Denying reality is a good way to end up hurt, or worse.
Second problem is that she’s making herself a spokesperson for an admittedly worthy cause based on those delusions. If they’re found to be untrue, her cause could be hurt.
I have never seen such hairy legs on a woman.
OK. You’re correct.
On the other hand, she looks damn good for a monkey.
There have been documented cases of children being raised by wild animals, including other types of monkeys, but they’ve always been corroborated by some form of official or scientific paper trail after they’ve been brought out of the wild. For someone to just say “this happened to me 57 years ago” with the only flimsy corroboration coming from family members who cite odd behaviors is simply not enough. On top of that, for the simultaneous, breathtaking coincidence that she has a television and book deal inked is just more than what thoughtful people should be asked to believe.
I’ve looked over several articles on this and NONE of them cite police, medical, or other Governmental documentation of this matter. This is not alleged to have occurred in 1850; this supposedly happened around 57 years ago when even in third-world countries they still had a basic semblance of documenting such things.
My suspicion is that she does indeed believe this as you say and it may possibly be her psychological defense mechanism for dealing with mental trauma....such as being sold into prostitution at a very young age. It may be that there’s a part of her life that she needed to ‘erase’ in order to remain sane, and this ‘raised by monkeys’ construct has taken it’s place. Just a guess of course, and only one possibility among many.
I have very clear memories of several things that happened, and a few nightmares, when I was three years old.
I was taught as a very small child to go to authorities if I need help, so when she escaped or any time after why did she not reach out to some sort of police or help service......Not in South America you don’t (or SE Asia for that matter).
As if one could just come on FR and claim to be raised by monkeys.
Apt summary. You can sympathize with the hell she’s been through, but you can’t live in it.
she was kidnapped when she was five
before being abandoned in the jungle.
The typical 4-year-old child will have about a
1,500–1,600-word vocabulary.
It is likely she had a fully functional language capability
at the time she was abducted
She speaks well, but she has a tendency of throwing her poop when agitated.
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