Post by jonsdigs on Oct 20, 2006 18:36:28 GMT -5
Boy rescued from cave
Friday, 20th October, 2006
The New Vision (Uganda)
By Zulugama Mujojo
and Raymond Baguma
BIG HEART: A lady supports the boy to stand
RESIDENTS of Kenkombe village in Mbarara district have rescued a boy who had reportedly lived in a cave for years.
On October 4, the area LC1 chairman, George Mwesigye, led villagers and armed local defence officers to the cave believed to have been a wild animals’ hideout, according to a report in The New Vision’s sister paper, Orumuri.
This followed concerns by residents that they had on numerous occasions encountered a strange creature moving in the bush at night.
According to herdsmen, the boy used to eat grass and cow dung.
They alerted Mwesigye about the boy fearing that he could be a bandit.
The boy, whose name is not yet known, has a scaly-hairy skin, overgrown nails, stained teeth and cannot walk or stand without support.
He crawls.
The boy is now under the care of an elderly woman, Florisca Nakafeero, and LDU officer, Stephen.
Nakafeero said the boy does not drink water and howls like a wild animal.
“He does not speak the local Runyakore dialect,” she said.
She appealed to good Samaritans to give her assistance to take care of the boy.
Article:
www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/19/527714
Friday, 20th October, 2006
The New Vision (Uganda)
By Zulugama Mujojo
and Raymond Baguma
BIG HEART: A lady supports the boy to stand
RESIDENTS of Kenkombe village in Mbarara district have rescued a boy who had reportedly lived in a cave for years.
On October 4, the area LC1 chairman, George Mwesigye, led villagers and armed local defence officers to the cave believed to have been a wild animals’ hideout, according to a report in The New Vision’s sister paper, Orumuri.
This followed concerns by residents that they had on numerous occasions encountered a strange creature moving in the bush at night.
According to herdsmen, the boy used to eat grass and cow dung.
They alerted Mwesigye about the boy fearing that he could be a bandit.
The boy, whose name is not yet known, has a scaly-hairy skin, overgrown nails, stained teeth and cannot walk or stand without support.
He crawls.
The boy is now under the care of an elderly woman, Florisca Nakafeero, and LDU officer, Stephen.
Nakafeero said the boy does not drink water and howls like a wild animal.
“He does not speak the local Runyakore dialect,” she said.
She appealed to good Samaritans to give her assistance to take care of the boy.
Article:
www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/19/527714