A teenager who grew a hairy tail has vowed not to keep it hidden anymore after he went viral on Tik Tok.
Deshant Adhikari, 16, was at first ashamed of the 70cm long hairy appendage extending from his coccyx (the bottom of the vertebral column) and hid it from the outside world.
The hairy appendage was first spotted by his parents five days after his birth.
Thinking it was abnormal, his parents took him to several hospitals at home in Nepal and abroad in a bid to find treatment.
In desperation, they saw a local priest who made them view the tail differently.
The priest suggested Deshant was the reincarnation of a god.
Filmmaker Puskar Nepal, who interviewed Deshant and filmed his bizarre tail said, “His parents didn’t know about his condition until they took him home from hospital five days after he was born.
“They took him to different local hospitals and even abroad seeking the proper treatment, but no effort could stop the tail from growing.
“Later they consulted the priests and they were told not to comb or use any tool to cut the tail.
“The priests even pointed out that the boy might possess some supernatural power as he might be the reincarnation of Lord Hanuman, the God of monkeys.
“They let the tail grow naturally thereafter and stopped looking for a treatment.”
Deshant says he was initially ashamed by the peculiar addition and used to hide it from others due to embarrassment.
However, after going viral on social media thanks to his unusual condition, Deshant said he is now completely comfortable showing it to the world.
He said in a YouTube video: “My parents used to now show the tail and I agreed, now I don’t feel any discomfort showing it.
“A video of me went viral on Tik Tok and now a lot of people know me as the boy with a tail, and I feel good about it.”
