I can't decide whether to make a Jeremiah Johnson meme or a Von Trapp family, Sound of Music meme.
I know. I'll go to bed.
Posted on 06/26/2021 2:30:44 AM PDT by Trump20162020
A man who lived "completely isolated" in the forests of Vietnam with his dad for 41 years had no idea women existed, according to reports.
Ho Van Lang's extraordinary story began when he fled civilisation at the end of the Vietnam War in 1972 when a US bomb killed his mum and two siblings.
Lang, now 46, his brother Tri and his dad resettled deep in the jungle in the Tay Tra district of Quang Ngai province.
The trio lived entirely off the wilderness, eating honey, fruit and forest creatures, building shelters and fending for themselves.
Alvaro Cerezo, a photographer who tracked the family down back in 2015, said: "They always escaped when they saw people from a distance."
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
If he is now 46, that means he was born in 2021-46=1975. But the article says he lived 41 years in the jungles which means he and his dad headed for the hills ~1980.A man who lived "completely isolated" in the forests of Vietnam with his dad for 41 years
The math doesn't appear to work.
” had no idea women existed”
In before the Emerson, Lake & Palmer jokes.
When was this written ???
The numbers dont match...If he was young in 1972 he should be in his 50s now...
The mind boggles about the jokes on this one. I’m surprised there haven’t been any on his first name yet.
No his name is Adam Lang...
Well, his math education probably isn’t up to snuff, so the math not matching checks out.
If only there was an article date included the top here on Free Republic between the source and author's name.
This article on the same story is from 2016
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/reallife-tarzan-ho-van-lang-spent-40-years-living-in-the-jungle-in-isolation/news-story/72b671c857d59eecf2ab6e1eb00c80ca
Yeah, there it is.
:D
I have a suggestion but...
;D
This should have been on Smoky Backroom...
It will probably get moved there pretty quick.
/not saying Jack out loud. nope.
All this talk about the math is so racist! ;-)
Thanks.
From the article:
Ho Van Lang, 44, spent 40 years living like a “slave” in isolation in the jungle.
-snip-
fled civilisation during the Vietnam War in 1972.
Without a mother, or wet nurse, I don't see how an infant could survive the most primitive of all survival scenarios. It seems more likely that he was 2-4 years old at the time he and his father fled, then lived another 40 years in the jungle which would mean he emerged from the jungle in 1972+40 = 2012 as a 42-44 year old man which would make him 46-48 years old at the time of the article and 51-53 years old today.
Here’s a follow up when he returned to the jungle......it’s quite interesting, his father is mental and so he has a childs mentality. But pretty amazing how they made tools.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6pcYTGezRw
This story reminds me of the Russian Family who fled to the Ural Mountains and completely missed WW II and lived in the mountains for decades, her family eventually passed away and the woman continues to live alone in the Ural Mountains.....
The woman is Agafia Lykova.
I can't decide whether to make a Jeremiah Johnson meme or a Von Trapp family, Sound of Music meme.
I know. I'll go to bed.
I’m familiar with her story and life....though she may be a bit on the slow side she’s not near as mentally handicapped as the Vietnam guy and his father.
Agafia finally did move off the mountain.
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