Humans and Animals at the Divide: The Case of Feral Children

Abstract

In September 1920, Reverend J. A. L. Singh set out into the Indian night to kill the Manush-Bagha, the man-ghost of the jungle.[1] The creature, it was said, had the body and limbs of a human, the face of a ghost. The villagers warned the Reverend that it was a hideous beast—possibly not of this world—and that no one was safe in the jungle. Part human, part animal, part who-knows-what, but Supernatural—to be sure—they assured him that it was a reason to travel in groups, to be sure to …