I, too, amd startled by outlandish gestures.
Posted on 08/09/2013 6:26:39 AM PDT by haffast
A Vietnamese father and his son who fled to the jungle during the war four decades ago have been persuaded to leave, officials say.
Ho Van Lang and his 82-year-old father reportedly shunned contact with the outside world after his wife and two children were killed by a landmine.
For most of their time in the jungle their whereabouts was unknown.
They were discovered living in dense foliage in central Quang Ngai province and were barely able to communicate.
Mr Ho was said by officials to only know a few words of the local Cor dialect.
Vietnamese media reported that Mr Ho's brother succeeded in tracking the pair down 20 years ago, but had not been able to persuade them to return to modern society. Traumatised
While in the jungle, the pair wore only loincloths and used a homemade axe to chop down trees. They survived on corn, fruits and cassava roots from the jungle.
They lived in a tree house, five metres above ground, where they kept arrows for hunting and knives for killing animals.
The older man kept his military trousers neatly folded in a corner as well as the little red coat his son was thought to have been wearing when they fled.
A party of local people who discovered them were reported to be startled by their wild appearance and outlandish gestures.
They reported their find to the leaders of a local commune, who deployed a team to track them down.
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Mr. Ho said "@#&*"
Whose wife. Whose two children?
Can't help but feel bad for the guy... I hope he finds peace.
This is Vietnamese for “going Galt.”
It looks like it was Mr. Ho, the younger man, whose wife and children died. He ran off to the jungle and took his father with him. Maybe there was nobody else to care for the father.
Reminds me of the Russian family who fled Stalin in 1936. They had no idea that WWII had happened. Were not heard from again until 1978.
Great. Red Vietnam disallowing “ownlife”! Orwell was right again.
I, too, amd startled by outlandish gestures.
Dang, the 82 year-old guy must be pretty old now!
Victory tacos and victory cola?
Forgetaboutthat
What about a nice hot cuppa tea ???
Who could live that way ???
“Here they come” ping....
LOL.
I can be a newswriter too!!
I don’t think so. 4 decades ago the father would have been 40 and the son would have been a boy.
Apparently, Mr. Ho didn't have a contingency plan "B".
I thought of that. If the father was 42 and the son was 22, the son could have a wife and children. These are Vietnamese peasants, not New York lawyers.
I could be wrong, of course.
I can go a life time with out the swill Pepsi.
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