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Miracle as eight-year-old boy is discovered alive after 5 days with 40 lions (check out what he did)

An eight-year-old identified as Tinotenda Pudu, has been discovered alive after surviving five days in a game park, which is home to about 40 lions and elephants in Zimbabwe.

TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that a member of the Zimbabwean parliament, Mutsa Murombedzi, via the microblogging platform X formerly Twitter on Thursday narrated the incident on how Pudu mistakenly wandered 14 miles from his home in Kasvisva community into Matusadona Game Park.

According to Murombedzi, Pudu was said to have spent five days “sleeping on a rocky perch, amidst roaring lions, passing elephants”.

To stay alive, the young child utilised his survival skills and knowledge of the wilderness to stay alive while “eating wild fruits”.

She said the community members searched for him and beat on drums every day hoping the young boy would hear them and be guided back home.

Murombedzi added that park rangers found the boy after he overheard one of their cars and ran towards it.

She wrote: “A true miracle in remote Kasvisva community, Nyaminyami in rural Kariba, a community where one wrong turn could easily lead into a game park. 8-year-old Tinotenda Pudu wandered away, lost direction & unknowingly headed into the perilous Matusadona game park.

“After 5 long, harrowing days in the jungle near Hogwe River, which feeds into Ume river, the boy has been found alive by the incredible rangers from Matusadona Africa Parks. His ordeal, wandering 23km from home, sleeping on a rocky perch, amidst roaring lions, passing elephants, eating wild fruits and just the unforgiving wild i too much for an 8 year old.

“We are overwhelmed with gratitude to the brave park rangers, the tireless Nyaminyami community who beat night drums each day to get the boy hear sound & get the direction back home & everyone who joined the search. Above all, we thank God for watching over Tinotenda and leading him back home safely. This is a testament to the power of unity, hope, prayer and never giving up.”

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