Neilson Oliveira Lima disappeared from his home in the rural community of Pupuai on Sept. 16, according to Amazonas state police officer Ailson Carvalho, and was found on Sept. 27 about three kilometers (two miles) away, with thorns covering his feet and legs.

“He went in the forest following his father and he got lost. He was found by his cousin, who was out hunting,” Carvalho said in a telephone interview from Caraurai, the nearest town. “Nobody knows what he ate or how he survived.”

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