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The Leopard Boy of Dihungi

Stolen from the fields

Like so many feral children, the leopard boy of Dihungi was stolen while his mother worked in the fields — in this case, she was cutting rice near her village of Dihungi. The villagers had found and killed two leopard cubs two days previously, and the mother had been haunting the outskirts of the village.

Found three years later

Three years later, a sportsman killed a leopardess close to the village, and reported that there were still cubs alive. The villagers eventually captured two cubs and the boy, who was identified by and returned to his parents.

Leopard-like speed

When found, the Leopard boy of Dihungi was able to run at speed on all fours, but when Stuart Baker saw him some five years later he was managing to walk. He had an acute sense of smell, and when first returned to the village would seize any fowl within his reach, tear it to pieces, and eat it.

Read more about the Leopard Boy of Dihungi

Stuart Baker writing in The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, vol 27, July 1920, pp 117-118 visited the Leopard boy of Dihungi, and his report is reproduced in Wolf-Children and Feral Man by Singh and Zingg.