training would be attacked and/or injured if we attempted the same. It takes months to train students or keepers to the same level as John displays. He ran away and was able to survive in the forest because of a set of fortunate circumstances, but even so he would have died and been forgotten had he not been rescued when he was. Mille Sseba described him as covered in body hair. At the time of recording the film I thought this might have been his clothes which had rotted on his body and had mould growing on them and Millie mistook this for body hair. However, I have subsequently learnt that pronounced hirsutism can be one of the sequels of chronic malnutrition in a child of John's age, and this would be further supportive evidence that Millie's recollection and anecdotal evidence was correct. There are many witnesses who saw John when he was rescued. None sought publicity for him — indeed, he was kept from the public because of the perceived shamefulness of his experiences — it was only by chance the story appeared 10 years later as part of a web page about a charity that had taken him in.
John Ssebunya, the Ugandan Monkey Boy Date: 1991 Age: 6 Location: Uganda Years in the wild: 3 Animals: monkeys Learn more about John Ssebunya in:
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Savage Girls and Wild Boys : A History of Feral Children
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