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Comments on MetaFilter post 'Werewolf Boy': The Wild Child of RussiaFri, 21 Dec 2007 15:57:10 -0800Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:57:10 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60'Werewolf Boy': The Wild Child of Russia
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Like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_of_Aveyron">Victor, the Wild Boy of Aveyron </a>(made famous through François Truffaut's film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064285/">L'Enfant Sauvage</a>), a modern-day <a href="http://www.feralchildren.com/en/index.php">feral child</a>, known as '<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=503736&in_page_id=1811">werewolf boy </a>' "who snarls and bites [has] escaped from a Moscow clinic just a day after being rescued from the wild." "The boy, who looks about ten, moves around with his legs half bent and 'was running with wolves and searching for food with them.' Police, who named him Lyokha, said villagers found him in a lair made of leaves and sticks in freezing temperatures." <sup><a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article608628.ece">*</a></sup> [Feral Children previously on MeFi - <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/22937/When-A-Child-Goes-Wild">1</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/57899/Girls-and-Boys-Gone-Wild">2</a>]</small>post:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:30:20 -0800ericbWerewolfBoyLyokhaMoscowFeralChildVictorWildBoyofAveyronFrancoisTruffautL'EnfantSauvageBy: cortex
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<i>His nails on his feet were like claws.</i>
That is to say, they had not been trimmed lately.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1953815Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:57:10 -0800cortexBy: kittens for breakfast
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FREE WEREWOLF BOYcomment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1953828Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:14:14 -0800kittens for breakfastBy: dmd
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"rescued"comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1953844Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:30:54 -0800dmdBy: uncanny hengeman
http://www.metafilter.com/67640/Werewolf-Boy-The-Wild-Child-of-Russia#1953855
I'm always a bit suss about these stories. For example: "freezing termperatures"?
Let me guess. A wolf or 3 kept him warm at night all these years.
Don't get me wrong, but. I <em>want </em>to believe. It's just that annoying bullshit alarm that keeps spoiling things for me.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1953855Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:48:10 -0800uncanny hengemanBy: msconduct
http://www.metafilter.com/67640/Werewolf-Boy-The-Wild-Child-of-Russia#1953869
um ... it appears that werewolf boy already is free.
this truly is a fascinating phenomena. at least, with the children who were apparently abandoned & adopted by wild animals, vs. those who were abused & neglected by their human ... caretakers? the story of <a href="http://www.feralchildren.com/en/showchild.php?ch=genie">genie</a> is really heartbreaking where it says <i>While she seemed to understand a few words, the only words she could say were, "stopit" and "nomore."</i> even more depressing, the government funding was pulled and the girl was returned to her mother (!), who couldn't care for her (duh), so she was put into a series of foster homes, where she was abused at least one other time. how messed up is that?
i hear your bullshit alarm, uncanny, but i choose to believe it's warped enough to be true. i want to believe that everyone grows up in a house on the hill with a white picket fence and the sky is always sunny & bright, but i know better. there are some really sick phucks in this world.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1953869Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:00:03 -0800msconductBy: KokuRyu
http://www.metafilter.com/67640/Werewolf-Boy-The-Wild-Child-of-Russia#1953894
<em>Such cases are not uncommon in Russia where there have been regular reports of 'Mowgli' children abandoned by their parents who are cared for by animals.</em>
Folk stories become factual reporting in the blink of an eye: only in the Daily Mail.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1953894Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:29:30 -0800KokuRyuBy: maxwelton
http://www.metafilter.com/67640/Werewolf-Boy-The-Wild-Child-of-Russia#1953941
After 20 years online, why am I still surprised that there would be a site dedicated to feral children?comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1953941Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:45:16 -0800maxweltonBy: kittens for breakfast
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<i>um ... it appears that werewolf boy already is free.</i>
I'm sorry. What I meant to say was:
<b>FREE WEREWOLF BOY*
*while supplies last</b>
Actual apprehension of werewolf boy is kind of on you, though. Good luck with that!comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1953953Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:58:28 -0800kittens for breakfastBy: Kadin2048
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<i>Such cases are not uncommon in Russia...</i>
Well, that goes a long way towards explaining Vladimir Putin.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1953964Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:23:38 -0800Kadin2048By: semmi
http://www.metafilter.com/67640/Werewolf-Boy-The-Wild-Child-of-Russia#1953980
Those feet in the one picture don't belong with the little boy in the other picture.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1953980Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:08:01 -0800semmiBy: yhbc
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Bat Boy > Werewolf Boycomment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1953982Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:11:18 -0800yhbcBy: maryh
http://www.metafilter.com/67640/Werewolf-Boy-The-Wild-Child-of-Russia#1954141
So... this "werewolf" boy, he was your average suburban lad until bitten by a supernatural creature, and now struggles with the curse of becoming a bloodthirsty canine at the waning of each new moon? Did the Daily Mail recruit their copy editors from the ranks of the defunct World Weekly News?
That said, I hope the kid is safe, and finds some sort of peace within his new world.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1954141Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:43:49 -0800maryhBy: maryh
http://www.metafilter.com/67640/Werewolf-Boy-The-Wild-Child-of-Russia#1954142
Oh, er, what yhbc said. Also, nicely constructed fpp, ericb, although Genie's story is really one of the most bitterly depressing things I've ever read.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1954142Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:47:10 -0800maryhBy: Mr_Zero
http://www.metafilter.com/67640/Werewolf-Boy-The-Wild-Child-of-Russia#1954231
I wonder if Rubber Johnny is based on Genie?comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1954231Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:25:30 -0800Mr_ZeroBy: ericb
http://www.metafilter.com/67640/Werewolf-Boy-The-Wild-Child-of-Russia#1954305
The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JJ5F8E/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">NOVA documentary</a> on Genie ("<a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2112gchild.html">Secret of the Wild Child</a>") is also heart-breaking and depressing.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67640-1954305Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:03:53 -0800ericb
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