What the ???
After reading the latest news on events occurring in Thailand, it gave me pause on my questionable decision to move to Thailand. The lost woman and I have much in common; neither speak the local language, traveling alone, and dark enough to be mistaken for a native in the remote tribal village. Upon hearing the dismal news of her years of confusion and bizarre mishaps, I was filled with doubts of my luck if I were stranded in Thailand. How long would it take Hubby to realize I was missing, and how long would he search before calling off the rescue? Definitely before 25 years.
It took the lady 25 years before she was “discovered” by three students who were training in the area and spoke her dialect. Only then was she able to explain her obtuse predicament. What does not reconcile in my mind is how she was unable to learn the language after that many years in Thailand. After a year or two she should have been able to converse on a basic level whether verbally or physically, that she was lost. While it’s true that uneducated people may not have the organized structure to learn another language later in life, it would appear plausible that after a decade that she would find a way to communicate to the authorities that she has 8 kids at home and was hopelessly lost. What happened in that time? Why was the jungle woman in Vietnam found after 18 years and it took this woman 25? Why does it only happen to women?? Are women that inept at direction?
Personally I think she did not want to be found. Perhaps she spoke the language fluently and was hiding from her bratty kids and inconsiderate hubby.
Pinky can relate to that.. hahahahahh