Two small children were discovered alone and crying on a remote country road in Portugal.
May 21, 2026, 05:02May 21, 2026, 05:02
A man found the two near the town of Monte Novo do Sul, around 60 kilometers southeast of Lisbon, and took them to the police, as the newspaper “Correio da Manhã”, the TV station “SIC Notícias” and other local media reported, citing the authorities. It is therefore assumed that they were abandoned by their parents. There is no missing person report.
The Portuguese police are looking for the children’s parents. (symbol image)Image: keystone
According to their own statements, the blonde boys are five and three years old and French. They didn’t have any IDs with them. They told Portuguese National Guard (GNR) officials that their mother and stepfather had left them alone in the forest blindfolded. When they took off the blindfolds, the parents were gone, the reports said.
The parents are being searched for
The man, who was driving on Tuesday evening when he suddenly saw the children in the rearview mirror of his car, told “SIC Notícias” that the older child told him that the parents had left them under the pretext of a game.
“The parents told them to look for a toy in the forest.”
“When I looked in their backpacks, it was immediately clear to me that they had been abandoned,” said the man. “There was a complete change of clothes, cookies, fruit and a bottle of water.” The child protection agency CPCJ is now taking care of the little ones. The police are looking for the parents. (sda/dpa)