An eight year old girl who prefers to walk using her hands and legs, like monkeys, has been rescued from a troop of monkeys in Uttar Pradesh’s Katarniyaghat wildlife sanctuary.
At the district hospital in Bahraich, where she is learning to be human, the child is lovingly called the “girl Mowgli” — after the much-adored, wolf-raised protagonist of Rudyard Kipling’s iconic children’s tale The Jungle Book.
She was naked when she was first spotted by villagers in the forests back in January. She was with a troop of monkeys who were treating her as their family member.
The locals informed police about the unusual sighting and a team brought her to civilization. But the rescue was not easy as the monkeys put up a stiff resistance. Besides, the girl was also scared of humans and kept screaming as she was approached by humans.