Vietnam pair coaxed out of jungle

BBC ^ | 9 August 2013 Last updated at 06:35 ET | BBC

[haffast]

"Mr Ho was said by officials to only know a few words of the local Cor dialect."

Mr. Ho said "@#&*"

[Mercat]

Whose wife. Whose two children?

[cripplecreek]

They reported their find to the leaders of a local commune, who deployed a team to track them down.

Obama's rural council is trying to do the same with us ignernt rednecks.

[ScottinVA]

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.

Can't help but feel bad for the guy... I hope he finds peace.

[ScottinVA]

This is Vietnamese for “going Galt.”

[Tax-chick]

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.

[ClearCase_guy]

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.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2270263/Lykov-family-Incredible-tale-Russian-family-cut-human-contact-40-years.html

[Olog-hai]

Great. Red Vietnam disallowing “ownlife”! Orwell was right again.

[Lazamataz]

A party of local people who discovered them were reported to be startled by their wild appearance and outlandish gestures.

I, too, amd startled by outlandish gestures.

[antidisestablishment]

Dang, the 82 year-old guy must be pretty old now!

[righttackle44]

Four decades is a long time to go without tacos and Pepsi.

[Olog-hai]

Victory tacos and victory cola?

[Tennessee Nana]

Forgetaboutthat

What about a nice hot cuppa tea ???

Who could live that way ???

[onedoug]

“Here they come” ping....

[righttackle44]

LOL.

[haffast]

I can be a newswriter too!!

[Ditter]

I don’t think so. 4 decades ago the father would have been 40 and the son would have been a boy.

[haffast]

"No matter where you go, there you are they may find you."

Apparently, Mr. Ho didn't have a contingency plan "B".

[Tax-chick]

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.

[Resolute Conservative]

I can go a life time with out the swill Pepsi.