“They always ran away when they saw people from a distance,” said Alvaro Cerezo, a photographer who tracked down the family in 2015. Throughout his life, Lang ate snakes, monkeys, lizards, and other animals, but his favourite meal was "mouse head. Villagers display Ho Van Lang’s handmade tools and loincloths made of tree bark. He would often hide if he encountered villagers while staying in the woods. Media reported that the man lived "completely isolated" in the jungles of Vietnam with his father for 41 years, and had no idea that women existed. Lang's father suffered all his life from a great fear of returning to his village, because he did not believe that the Vietnam War was over. They trio now live in small house very much close to the jungle. The trio lived entirely in the wilderness, eating honey, fruits, and animals, and building shelters for themselves. According to local media reports, Fan Lang, his brother Tre and his father settled deep in the forest in Quang Ngai Province. The 49-year-old Vietnamese, Ho Van Lang, lived the life of "Tarzan" after the horrors of the Vietnam War forced him to flee with the rest of his family from the house, after an American bomb killed his mother and two of his brothers. Portuguese astrophotographer monitors the passage of International Space Station in front of the sunīritish couple with almost 2ft height difference between them break Guinness records Saudi geologists discover remains of an extinct whale dating back to 37 million years He has been relying on his surroundings and animals for food. In 1972, he fled to the jungle after some members of his family were killed by an American bomb during the war. The famous cartoon character "Tarzan" has appeared again, but this time in reality in Vietnam.Ī Vietnamese man has been living in the jungle for more than 40 years. Leon was trying to raise money to capture pythons.Ho Van Lang being accompanied back to his home village in Tay Tra district, Quang Ngai, Vietnam. Leon posted a picture on a GoFundMe page in 2017 of himself standing next to Holston, who had a large python wrapped around his body. Neither Antle nor Levine could be reached Monday afternoon.Īt some point, it seems, Leon and Holston were friends. The records show the property is now owned by Bhagavan Antle, a controversial wildlife advocate from Myrtle Beach, S.C., who was the subject of a Rolling Stone magazine article in 2015. Property records show Levine sold it in 2004. The home in Horse Country where Holston claims to live just west of the Florida Turnpike was owned at one point by Jungle Island owner Bern Levine. The Zoological Wildlife Foundation said they were “very surprised at how Holston behaved,” the day he was arrested. After Leon escaped to his car, Holston reportedly became so enraged that he got into the vehicle from the passenger side and kept punching him. When his friend Hector Zaleya tried to intervene, the witness told police Holston struck him too, hard enough in the face to chip the man’s tooth. Holston then, according to the witness, punched Leon in the face and the body. A witness told police that Leon and some friends received permission to remove some animals from the property and were doing that when Holston walked by and began picking a fight. Friday by Leon, who had escaped Holston’s wrath long enough to get into his vehicle and call police.
According to Holston’s arrest report, police were called to a home at 6000 SW 118th Ave., at 5 p.m.
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