The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA mother is forced to chase her son through forests with a makeshift lasso as he forages on grasses and lives as an animal.Ellie, 21, can’t speak and refuses to eat the food prepared for him by his adoring mother, who believes her child is a blessing from God.Instead he hunts for bananas and other fruits in the forest near his Rwanda village, as well as choosing to feast on grass.His mother described him as a special child and a gift from God as she and her husband lost five children at birth.Born with learning difficulties, Ellie does not go to school and is afraid of his fellow villagers.The boy, who was filmed by Afrimax TV, has been.
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