VietNamNet Bridge - Towering on an ancient cho tree, the soot-blackened hut of only 2m2 was the home for 40 years of Mr. Ho Van Thanh and his son Ho Van Loan in Tay Tra mountain district of Quang Ngai province.


After terror bombings in 1972, father and son become “wild men”

Quang Ngai: Wild men rescued




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The hut of the "forest men" is more than 5 meters above the ground, supported by dozens of bamboo trees. Around the “home” of Thanh and his son are many old trees of hundreds of years old.




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To enter the “house,” people have to climb up a "monkey bridge" made of trees tied with rattan ropes.




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The door of the hut is just enough for one to pass.




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The hut roof is made of dried banana, rattan and sop leaves stacked on bamboo trunks.




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To prevent strangers from approaching the hut, Thanh and his son hang a hexagonal bamboo blind for taboo warning.




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In the cramped hut, there are many living things and bamboo pipes used to store.




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Besides the hut to live in, they also built another hut on a nearby tree as a warehouse to contain food.




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The coat made of bark for the winter. On other days, they wore only a loincloth made of bark.




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A trap filled with ash used to keep fire in the hut.




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A bow to hunt animals.




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