A young boy in Zimbabwe was rescued from a “lion-infested” national park after going missing for five days. Tinotenda Pudu, 7, went missing from his village in the northwest of the country on December 27.

After five "long (and) harrowing days" in the jungle near the Hogwe River, which feeds into Ume River, park rangers found the boy alive on Dec. 31, Murombedzi and park officials said. While lost in the park, the boy slept on a rocky perch, evaded lions, passed elephants and ate wild fruits, according to Murombedzi.

Tinotenda Pundu went missing in Zimbabwe after getting lost but survived for five days before being rescued by park rangers.

Tinotenda Pudu, a 7-year-old boy, was rescued after spending five days in the Matusadona Game Park in northern Zimbabwe.

An unimaginable story of survival has emerged from Zimbabwe, where an 8-year-old boy, Tinotenda Pudu, defied the odds after spending five grueling days in the predator-laden wilderness of Matusadona National Park.