Posted on 10/15/2013 11:26:33 PM PDT by tsowellfan
A father and son who fled their village during the Vietnam War 40 years ago have apparently been discovered living in a treehouse deep in the jungle.
Ho Van Lang, 42, and his 82-year-old father had reportedly shunned contact with the outside world after his wife and mother of his two children was killed by a landmine
A local newspaper reported that they wore loincloths made of bark and used a homemade axe to chop down trees for firewood. They survived on corn that they had grown, plus fruits and cassava roots from the jungle.
Inside their treehouse home, five metres in the air, the pair kept a stash of arrows for hunting and knives for killing animals.
But there were poignant mementos of their previous life...
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I sometimes think a cave near a clear freshwater stream and a forest full of game animals would be preferable to the rat race.
Just kidding!
LOL! You got that right!
Don’t tell them the war is over, or they will move to the US.
Actually, people with fortitude, loyalty, guts and dedication are exactly what we NEED in this country.
>> But there were poignant mementos of their previous life..
A coke bottle?
Note to preppers: Store a lifetime supply of underwear unless you want to risk splinters while wearing tree bark.
He’s the 5th Beatle!
Treehouse right next to the Pirelli dealership.
The busybodies should leave them alone.
Ok, who ratted them out?
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