- Bird boy
The child commonly referred to as bird boy was found in
Volgograd ,Russia on or around the 25th of February, 2008. His name was later found to be Vanya Yudin. Estimated to have been born sometime in2000 , the bird boy is a sufferer ofMowgli syndrome . [ [http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/27-02-2008/104245-Bird-boy-0 ‘Bird boy’ found in Russia] , "Pravda ", 27th of February 2008] His mother took an interest more in her birds than her son, and thus the child having no interaction with its mother adopted chirping and whistling as a means of communication rather than speaking.Living in a two-room apartment full of cages, the floor scattered with feed and faeces, the bird boy spent seven years without communication.
Galina Volskaya, a social worker from
Kirovskiy , in Volgograd met with the boy and claimed that whilst attempting to talk to him the child chirps in response, or waves his hands as a bird winnows its wings when he becomes confused. [ [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23290059-2,00.html Chirping ‘Bird boy’ found] , "News Ltd ", 28th of February 2008]The child was taken into custody of social services after his mother signed an
abdication form; he currently resides in an asylum inVolgograd , but in the future will be moved to the center of psychological care which is monitoring the spread of Mowgli syndrome, with five children having the same syndrome have been identified in the past two months of bird boy being found. [ [http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/27-02-2008/104245-Bird-boy-0 ‘Bird boy’ found in Russia] , "Pravda ", 27th of February 2008]References
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Feral child
*Volgograd
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