PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Police have rescued a man who was trapped between rocks in a cave for almost four days while collecting bat droppings in the Cambodian jungle.
Police identified the man as Sum Bora.As police said the man slipped while trying to retrieve his flashlight, which had fallen in the small rocky hollow which is about 30m deep.
Bat droppings — guano — are used as fertilizer and sold for additional income by poor farmers, who sometimes try to attract bats to their property.
The authorities located him on Tuesday night, but waited for the specialists team for rescue operation.The rescue was organized by specialists from Rapid Rescue Company 711, which is connected to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s elite military bodyguard brigade. Around 200 rescue workers cautiously extricated the trapped man by destroying bits of the rock that had trapped him in an effort that took about 10 hours.
According to a U.N. Development Program report last year, Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in the world, with 35% of its 15.2 million people living in poverty.
