Children who have apparently been nurtured in the wild by animals. Also, children that by some twist of fate and/or circumstance were raised in a non-human, inhuman or sub-human environment, and because of it did not learn how to communicate and/or behave in a human manner.

There have been, since the 1600s, about 40 cases of feral children which become widely known and documented.

Among the cases of long ago, there are a few that deserve mention, such as those of the Hessian wolf-boy (1341), of Wild Peter of Hanover — found in 1724 in Germany — who was brought to England by King George I, of the Irish sheep-boy (1672), of the Lithuanian bear-boy — found in 1661 living among bears — who was adopted by a Polish count who attempted to "humanize" him, of the wild boy of Aveyron (Victor) — a child of about 12 who was seized by three hunters in France in 1798 as he was climbing a tree — who was seen by locals throughout many years running in the wild entirely naked before his capture, and the well documented case of Kaspar Hauser (1828). Another case, whose authenticity has been disputed, is that of Kamala and Amala, two feral girls supposedly found among wolf cubs in India in 1920.

More recently and better documented, is the amazing story of John Ssabunnya, who was reared by apes in the Ugandan jungle in the late 80s and early 90's

Emmy,

Issue #161 of the FORTEAN TIMES magazine has a very well written and researched article in it about this very subject. Here's a link to the page that includes some excerpts;

CLICK HERE

Magikman :)

Well we keep animals as pets, so I guess we had it coming...

:mrgreen:

Thanx for the link magik.

I wish i was rasied by Bigfoots


Then i could prove Bigfoots exist

Awww Baby Bigfoots are cute


And the postive side to this is i wouldn't be orded by Bush YIPPEE!!!

I saw a show on this..

Do you really expect us to believe you, after what you put us through with that wedingo crap?

it doesn't matter if you belive or not i contributed.

Sorry, but contrinuted what? The sentences was worded in a strange manner.

They have one in Texas,The Wolf-Girl...It was in Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark III

I've always been fascinated by stories about feral children. Here is a websit with a lot of information:

http://www.feralchildren.com/en/index.php

Stories of Feral children have always intersted me.. Is you fathers experience documented anywhere and can you elaborate a little more on it?

yeah me too , if l can remember correctly l think it was on TLC but l could be wrong about the network , anyway stories and documents about feral children always fascinated me .

The feral children site is good. Lots of information there. I picked up the book called The Wolf Children by Charles MacLean as part of my skinwalker research. It's an interesting book on many levels.

I think feral children raised by animals show us that we're not really that far from being animals ourselves. It is society that makes us who we are--not anything else.

You have once again contributed more fictional BS.

Any moderators around ??? I call shenanigans on AnuKabal.
Can't get your link to work magikman.
Well, geez hey, I looked in here expecting to have a laugh at a Tarzan legend.
I had never heard of this. Thanks to all for the links, should make quite an interesting read.

Try this link. I remembered reading the article myself.

http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/161_feralkids.shtml


The wolf girls, Kamala and Amala, is an interesting story as is Memmie Le Blanc's story (though, iirc, she reverted to non-feral fairly well and possibly wasn't in nature as long as Kamala and Amala). Kasper Hauser is another intriguing feral child with some hints of royal intrigue to that story. I haven't been able to find a book in english about Kasper Hauser yet though.

God, the wolfgirl thing is so classic. Stories like this have been around for centuries.

Though, I've always wondered, wouln't it be easier to be brought up by a goat? You'd have milk to drink, and wool, since you've not going to get very far without some sort of clothing.

yeah but humans need protein and meat is a very good sorce of it unless its one of those scotish meat eating goats ive heard of

dude. Bush orders Bigfoot around. what, do you live in a cave?

oh and if ur interested in this kind of stuff go to www.rubberjohnny.tv
some guy keeps a deformed kid in his dark basement for a decade and makes a movie about it. pretty cool.

oh and AnuKabal: ur a BSer. stop making stuff up. you dont kill monsters. ur not a ghostwhisperer. ur dad did not find a FERAL CHILD. k?

How would you know for sure? Maybe Anukabul is the Feral child.

hehe Good Call

That was an understatement...or very polite...

Actually, stories like that have been around for millenia. Remember Romulus and Remus, the purported founders of Rome? The story goes that this particuliar set of twins was reared by a female wolf. Probably the most recent "wolf" rearing was actually a little Russian girl, Oxana Malaya, and she was reared by dogs (not wolves though they are the same species ). This is not to say that the instances where animals actually rear a human child as their own are common. They are actually pretty rare. Here's a list from the feral children site on feral children who were found in the company of animals:

http://www.feralchildren.com/en/children.php?tp=0

At first, it looks like alot but once you start looking at the dates....

one wendigo scene and I'm barred for life.

There was a documentary on national geographic on this topic a while ago, you know when tv was actually worth watching, these "feral children" were mostly from war torn countries devoid of human life, one child would eventually get left behind and having no form of speech or knowledge of their parents, they would quickly find a mother figure. At this time the only things about would either be cats or dogs, knowing the human body not to be so flexible most children "discovered" mimic dogs as they are around our size (relativley). The documentarty then went on to talk about how they tried to re-adapt them to the world of people. Attempting to teach them the alphabet and speech, most children found before 5 had difficulties changing their speech but in the end where succesfull. However children older around 8-11 could not be re-hibilated to the human world. Nothing not to throw away curious items, some researchers have actually turned parent to observe and eventually treat this "mutation".

Imagine be raised by ducks,

Actualy Anukabal my count is... one Wendigo thread, one thread claiming to have intimate contact with God, two extra accounts and....

My father took in a child he found in the congo among some apes, he later gave it to villagers
And wasn't there a little something about werewolves at one stage?

the congo thing is true. What extra accounts?

I've just come out of a thread where you claim to run on all fours and growl. I am well beyond believing anything you post. May I suggest, from a moderators point of view, that if you wish to gain some sort of respect you try and post more logical and rational comments.
And you know which two other accounts.

It was a reincarnation thread I was refering to how their is a belief that you come back as an animal, Yes I growl and run on fours sometimes didn't you growl when you were younger.

where is the lock and key.. this is going nowhere.

There is something different when children surpass the age of 5. It's almost as if a lightbulb for learning to learn shuts off. I should read up more on this part of the subject because it is really interesting even if it is the old nature vs. nurture argument.

Sorry, I know I really should not be reply to this post in this thread but fair go, this is the funniest post I have read for ages, I litterally fell of my chair laughing when I read

"Yes I growl and run on fours sometimes didn't you growl when you were younger."


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, sorry, that comment is just so damn funny, still laughing, starting to see why mods keep thisn guy around, great entertainment when things slow up a bit.

Yeah I did.....I used to bark at hellhounds BUT only when I was younger.......


MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

thanks for the info i never knew there was so many cases of feral children

just a quick question, If you were raised by wolves and had to eat raw meat and maybe hair lol would your body adapt i mean they always say dont eat raw meat sorry if this sounds dumb but there isnt stupid questions just dumb people!

its strange I havent heard about that lithuanian bear-boy

Well, from what I understand, there is a rather foul smell that is associated with these kind of feral children. I'd guess that this is probably due to diet (kind of like if you eat raw onion, you kinda smell like raw onions). In MacLean's "The Wolf Children", it took years for Kamala (the eldest) to actually ingest something that wasn't raw meat and both her and her "sister", Amala, retained that odor until their deaths. Other physical adaptations is increased light hairiness. From the descriptions, it sounds like laguna, which is similiar to what anorexics can develop. There's also musculature abnormalities from running on all fours. Kamala and Amala purportedly had increased musculature around their knees and forearms and big toes that were splayed upward. Kind of a wonder that Kamala ever learned to walk on twos. Also, the palms (or knuckles) have thickened skin from wear.

Oops, should add that Kamala was reported to having keen night vision and something similiar to animal nightshine as well by her caretaker. This report caused alot of debate and caused Dr. Robert Zingg to investigate the possibility of human eyes acquiring a nightshine-like glow through dark adaptation. Research on solely dark adapted eyes shows an elongation of the eye itself.

oh yes, I saw a feral child just last week, wild naked child running through the street....seriously...I know that their are some cases in which orphaned children get raised by wild animals. Who knows, I could've been raised by birds! {*v*}

Let's avoid posting nonsense if we can avoid it.

Nobody listens to me anymore...

I read quite a few stories about feral children.
It's interesting.. imagine being raised by a sheep

I doubt a sheep would raise you.
Not you :blush:but a human being

I'd have to agree, lol. My family has a ranch with a sheep herd (yes, I know, very Navajo lol) and ever season there are what they call "pet lambs". These are baby lambs whose mothers have rejected them (though a few are from the mother having died). We've had 17 lambs born this year, 5 of which are "pet lambs" and 2 of these were from maternal death.

i posted this story awhile back but it is called La Chica Lobo Del Rio Diablo

Great necro posting.