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20×102mm Vulcan
In 1972 a veteran of the North Vietnam army fled to the jungle with his baby when his house was bombed. During this bombing he lost his mother and two of his children.
Only three years ago the world was surprised by the news that an old man and his son had been ‘rescued’ from the Vietnam jungle, after having lived there totally and absolutely isolated from the civilian world during 41 long years. The son’s name is Ho Van Lang and he grew up oblivious to the rest of the human race, not having even the most basic data on ‘man’.
Last November, while I was in Vietnam for work reasons, I was lucky enough to spend a few days with this ‘jungle boy’ who is now living in a village, adapting to civilization.
During the first few hours I was with him I could tell that Lang was enthusiastic about the idea of going back, for the first time, to the place in the jungle where he came from. Thinking over this, I thought it would be great to go back together and spend five days surviving on what nature gives, just as he had done during all his life. Lang didn’t doubt one moment and accepted the invitation and together with his brother and my translator we went to the heart of the jungle.
Surviving with the Vietnamese Tarzan | Ho Van Lang
Only three years ago the world was surprised by the news that an old man and his son had been ‘rescued’ from the Vietnam jungle, after having lived there totally and absolutely isolated from the civilian world during 41 long years. The son’s name is Ho Van Lang and he grew up oblivious to the rest of the human race, not having even the most basic data on ‘man’.
Last November, while I was in Vietnam for work reasons, I was lucky enough to spend a few days with this ‘jungle boy’ who is now living in a village, adapting to civilization.
During the first few hours I was with him I could tell that Lang was enthusiastic about the idea of going back, for the first time, to the place in the jungle where he came from. Thinking over this, I thought it would be great to go back together and spend five days surviving on what nature gives, just as he had done during all his life. Lang didn’t doubt one moment and accepted the invitation and together with his brother and my translator we went to the heart of the jungle.
Surviving with the Vietnamese Tarzan | Ho Van Lang
