Comments on: Girls (and Boys) Gone Wild!

Girls (and Boys) Gone Wild!

Kibbutz — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:32:36 -0800

Romulus and Remus are the most famous, and Rochom P'ngieng is the most recent addition to the roster of children believed to be raised by animals (via, and previously).

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:43:20 -0800

I just read the Genie story on the FeralChildren site, and I'm in shock.

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:44:00 -0800

Naah; Tarzan is the most famous.

By: spock

spock — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:47:49 -0800

Don't forgot Mowgli.

By: kozad

kozad — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:57:03 -0800

The Rochom P'ngieng link is useless. The "raised by animals" link, though, is a treasure trove of information on this multifaceted topic.

By: echolalia67

echolalia67 — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:58:21 -0800

We are sick of raising your young.

By: Kibbutz

Kibbutz — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:10:40 -0800

Well then, kozad--you'll probably want to spend some time hanging around the FeralChildren Forum, currently being moderated by "Bjorn" and (heh heh) "Kitty."

By: Pinback

Pinback — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:21:24 -0800

Wot, no Evil Roy Slade?

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:44:50 -0800

"What, were you raised by wolves?" "Yes, I was. Hmph."

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:13:49 -0800

Feral children? Yes, I fear all children.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:38:41 -0800

For some reason or other, at the Birmingham (Alabama, not England) Public Library, there was a prominently displayed reproduction of the Romulus and Remus sculpture that appears in the Wikipedia page you've linked to. I remember seeing that at the library, as a youngster, and thinking how strange it was: a very odd and somewhat disturbing image for a very young child.

By: Maias

Maias — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:45:32 -0800

Warning: self-link, hope it's OK: My co-author has treated several feral children-- our new book The Boy Who Was Raised as A Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook includes the case of a toddler who was kept in a kennel by a dog breeder with his dogs for most of his early childhood. Because severe early neglect and abuse produces behaviors that appear "animal-like" (very visibly sniffing everything, for example), it's actually difficult to tell whether such behaviors are related to copying animals a child is "raised by" or whether they are responses to the neglect itself.

By: thedak

thedak — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:57:07 -0800

After reading the wikipedia article on Romulus and Remus, it occured to me that the greek mythological anthologies that i'd read as a child heavily omitted details such as Mars raping random virginal priestesses. Just my two cents worth.

By: champthom

champthom — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:52:35 -0800

It brings to mind this documentary on feral children. It focuses mostly on this Eastern European girl who was essentially raised by dogs until she was about 13 or so. Interesting stuff, though kinda sad.

By: quin

quin — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:38:15 -0800

If I was going to be raised by animals, I think I'd want to to be raised by a rhinoceros. Just because when I finally entered human society, it would be so cool to charge people and ram them with my head when I got mad.