A missing 7-year-old boy survived alone for five days with elephants and lions in an African zoo. Zimbabwean politicians are calling this a “true miracle.”
Mutsa Mlombezi, a member of Zimbabwe’s parliament, wrote in a post on
Officials said Pudu had walked about 25 miles from his home when he was discovered by rangers at the Matusadona African Park.
Seven-year-old Tinotenda Pudu was found safe after spending five days in the African jungle.
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“After spending (5) long and harrowing days in the jungle near the Hogwe River, which flows into the Ume River, the boy was found alive,” Mrombezi said in a statement. “Being surrounded by the roar of lions, sleeping on rocky perches, walking past elephants, eating wild fruit, and just eating the unforgiving wild is too much for a 7-year-old.”
The boy survived for five days surrounded by lions and elephants.
According to the African Park website, the park is home to lions, leopards, buffalo, zebras, elephants, hippos and antelopes.
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Mrombezi said the Nyaminyami community beat the drums every night in the hope that the boy would hear the sound and return home.
An African bush elephant walks along a red dirt road in Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa. (Arterra/Marica van der Meer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
“Most of all, I would like to thank God for watching over Tinotenda and bringing him safely home,” she said. “This is a testament to unity, hope, prayer and the strength to never give up.”
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Officials confirmed to the BBC the age of the child.
