Kids Who Were Raised By Animals

Rochom P’ngieng

Rochom was found in the dense jungle of remote Northeastern area of Cambodia when a villager noticed his food supply missing. She was brought to a nearby village where her father recognized her by a childhood scar stating that she disappeared twenty years ago when she was eight. It was said that she survived the wilderness by befriending various animals especially monkeys because her gait and stature seemed to be monkey like. She could barely speak or communicate and tore off any clothes placed on her. Her new family struggled to control her over the years as she tried to escape into the jungle various times. In May 2010, she made a successful escape into the jungle and has not been seen since.