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From the International Business Times in Britain:
The Real Tarzan? Father and Son Found Living in Vietnam Jungle Treehouse 40 Years After Fleeing US Bombs
August 8, 2013 3:07 PM GMT
Ho Van Thanh had lived in the jungle since 1971 (Thanh Nien News)
A father and son have been found living in the jungle 40 years after they fled their home to escape US bombs.
Ho Van Thanh, 82, took his then-infant son Ho Van Lang into the jungle after American troops bombed his home, killing his wife and two other children.
Lang, now 41, has lived in a tree house with his father in the jungle since 1971, 16 years into the 20-year war. They were discovered around 40km into the jungle by people from a nearby village.
Thanh struggled to walk and could speak a little of their Cor ethnic minority language. His son was in good health, but could speak just a few words.
Local media showed Lang dishevelled and wearing just a loin cloth after being collected by authorities.
The treehouse they lived in was around six metres from the ground and was located near a stream. The pair used bark to make pants and made their own tools, including knives, axes and arrows.
According to reports, they ate corn, wild leaves and had farmed a one-hectare field to grow sugarcane. They also kept a small fire in the treehouse to keep warm and smoked tobacco they had planted themselves.
Wants to escape to forest
Unbeknownst to Thanh at the time of the attack, his youngest son Ho Van Tri, who was born the day his home was bombed, survived – his uncle had come to the house and rescued him, reports thanhniennews.com.
He tracked down his father and brother 20 years ago, but could not convince them to come home, local news website VnExpress said.
Thanh is currently receiving treatment in hospital and photos show that doctors tied him to the bed with thin wires to prevent him from escaping. Doctors said neither father nor son is suffering from any diseases.
Speaking to Australia’s Associated Press, Tri said: “My father is very weak and the doctors are taking care of him, but my brother’s health is fine even though he looks very thin.”
Ho Ven Bien, Thanh’s nephew, added: “My uncle doesn’t understand much of what is said to him, and he doesn’t want to eat or even drink water.
“He’s very sad. He doesn’t say anything now. We know he wants to escape my house to go back to the forest so we have to keep an eye on him now.”
A local villager said he could not believe the pair had survived for so long, with most people believing them to be dead: “No one could imagine Thanh and his son could live 40 years in isolation in the hard conditions of the jungle.”
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This shows how devastating the effects of wars are, even of wars which have officially been “over” for decades.
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I’ve worked with Americans veterans for many yrs. Saw that effect too!!!
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Indeed. Ever for US Vietnam war veterans, who, at least in some cases, had support from caring people like you, the war is often still very traumatic after decades.
So, how much worse still for Ho Van Thanh, who knew his house was destroyed and his wife and two children killed. And who thought all the time that his youngest son, born on the day of the disaster, was killed as well. Maybe, he now does not his recognize his youngest son, an adult now, as his son. And he thinks of his family and his village, who might help him to cope as far as possible, only as the scene of the horrible disaster; from which he fled to the jungle. I do hope there will be recognition and reconciliation eventually.
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It’s so sad all the way around. Translate that to the current wars, the displacement and death of so many people … and you wonder WHAT FOR???
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Sad indeed.
WHAT FOR??? Big Oil interests; Pentagon bureaucratic prestige; among other factors.
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Agree!! It’s all greed!!
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Still feeling the effects of the Vietnam war!!! And we are still involved in wars ….. SMH!!
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Unbelievable. Wow.
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I hope they will be able to re-connect with their youngest son/brother, and the community.
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