Young Boy Survives 5 Days Alone In Lion Infested Park

A young boy who was missing for five days was found alive in a lion-infested game park.

A 7-year-old from Zimbabwe went missing from his village on December 27 and was later discovered at the Matusadona National Park, which big cats and other wild animals inhabit.

The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority stated, “Remarkably, it is estimated that he walked through the harsh terrain of the lion-infested Matusadona National Park for 49 kilometers (30 miles) from his village to the point where he was found,”

“During this period, he survived on wild fruits and would dig a small hole along the dry river bank to access underground water to drink, a technique that is well known in drought-prone areas,” added the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority.

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— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) January 3, 2025

Check out what ABC News reported:

A child who had been missing for five days was found alive this week in a vast game park inhabited by big cats and other wild animals in northern Zimbabwe, officials said.

The young boy was reported missing from his home in a rural village on Dec. 27, according to a statement from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks), which did not identify the child by name but said he was 7 years old. A joint search operation involving park rangers, police officers and members of the local community was immediately launched, but heavy rainfall hindered the effort, ZimParks said.

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Human footprints were discovered in an area of the Matusadona National Park on Dec. 30 and the boy was successfully located during the early morning hours of Dec. 31, according to ZimParks.

“Remarkably, it is estimated that he walked through the harsh terrain of the lion infested Matusadona National Park for 49 kilometers (30 miles) from his village to the point where he was found,” ZimParks said. “During this period, he survived on wild fruits and would dig a small hole along the dry river bank to access underground water to drink, a technique that is well known in drought prone areas.”

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— Metro (@MetroUK) January 3, 2025

Per Metro.UK:

A young boy survived five days alone on a reserve full of lions and other dangerous animals by digging wells and eating fruit.

Tinotenda Pundu, said to be either seven or eight, had wandered away from his village in northern Zimbabwe on December 27 and got lost.

He was found around 30 miles (50km) away five days later, in Matusadona National Park, weak and dehydrated but alive.
Tinotenda used sticks to dig into a river bank for water, a skill taught in the drought-prone area, and ate a wild fruit known as tsvanzva.

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