Living With a Tail!!

An Indian 18 year old boy lived until now with a 17 cm tail back. The situation was kept secret by parents who believed that it was a "lucky charm". 

The case revealed Wednesday by the online edition of the newspaper "Metro" in the UK, tells the teenager's story, that in September 29 was received at the Specialty Hospital Super in the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra, in western India. 

Pramod Giri, head of neurosurgery department of that hospital, says that this is "an extremely rare case," with which his team had never encountered.

"He was admitted because he complained of extreme pain in the lower back, trouble sleeping and sit," said the surgeon, adding that the young man was also being greatly affected the psychological level, because the tail was growing , forcing the extra effort to hide under their clothes.