Sujit Kumar is nearly 40. He is unable to comprehend language and interact with humans. He cannot use the toilet unassisted and until recently scavenged in the dirt for cigarette butts and cockroaches to eat.

Kumar comes from a background of horrific neglect, abandonment and abuse. Born in Fiji, he was caged with chickens under the house before the age of two. With no human interaction and only chickens for company, he learnt chicken behaviours. He was feral and would scratch and bite if humans came close.

At the age of eight, he was moved to an aged-“care” facility by welfare authorities. He spent the next 22 years tethered to a wall near a mattress covered in his own faeces. He was hosed down from a distance and was beaten. He pecked food from the ground and slept crouched in a roosting position with arms folded into wings.

His parents are dead and his siblings refuse to talk about what they know. No paperwork existed for him and his life was virtually untraceable.

source: http://baileybear.hubpages.com/hub/The-Boy-Who-Lived-as-a-Chicken