Comments on: Feral Children: Living With Beasts http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/ Daily Oddities Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:32:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: hmclees http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2466 hmclees Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:16:19 +0000 http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2466 As an historian who has studied this case at length, I can verify that Victor of Aveyron has never been proven to be a hoax. Actually, his case is particularly well-documented, since he was made a ward of the French Empire at the very beginning of the nineteenth century. Obviously, this long after his discovery, it's been impossible to verify how long he lived in the woods, although there are several believable accounts of different villagers and farmers encountering him over a period of six to eighteen months before he was finally captured. But the documentation of his disabilities and physical condition clearly points to a child who was abandoned or isolated from a very young age, and who spent considerable time without shelter from the elements. Those details meet the conditions for classifying him as a feral child. As an historian who has studied this case at length, I can verify that Victor of Aveyron has never been proven to be a hoax. Actually, his case is particularly well-documented, since he was made a ward of the French Empire at the very beginning of the nineteenth century. Obviously, this long after his discovery, it’s been impossible to verify how long he lived in the woods, although there are several believable accounts of different villagers and farmers encountering him over a period of six to eighteen months before he was finally captured. But the documentation of his disabilities and physical condition clearly points to a child who was abandoned or isolated from a very young age, and who spent considerable time without shelter from the elements. Those details meet the conditions for classifying him as a feral child.

]]> By: A. Korey http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2455 A. Korey Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:14:26 +0000 http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2455 Actually she is often referred to as Feral Actually she is often referred to as Feral

]]> By: M.T http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2414 M.T Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:40:25 +0000 http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2414 It is the evolution of psychology; nature vs. nurture. It is the evolution of psychology; nature vs. nurture.

]]> By: Tessa http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2377 Tessa Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:33:33 +0000 http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2377 Most of these are hoaxes. The gazelle boy story is not true, I have read a variety of things, and it is confirmed it was a hoax. If you do look in the picture, the child does not have nearly enough muscle mass to be able to keep up with a gazelle herd, he has a farmers tan. And there have been mixed stories of him put into an institution, being tortured for his efforts to escape, then escaping. And other cases of them saying they left him the way he was, with the herd. Amala and Kamala were a scam that priest created hoping to get more donations for his church Most of these stories are falsifications. Most of these are hoaxes.

The gazelle boy story is not true,
I have read a variety of things, and it is confirmed it was a hoax. If you do look in the picture, the child does not have nearly enough muscle mass to be able to keep up with a gazelle herd, he has a farmers tan.
And there have been mixed stories of him put into an institution, being tortured for his efforts to escape, then escaping. And other cases of them saying they left him the way he was, with the herd.

Amala and Kamala were a scam that priest created hoping to get more donations for his church

Most of these stories are falsifications.

]]> By: Tessa http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2376 Tessa Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:30:19 +0000 http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2376 The gazelle boy story is not true, I have read a variety of things, and it is confirmed it was a hoax. If you do look in the picture, the child does not have nearly enough muscle mass to be able to keep up with a gazelle herd, he has a farmers tan. And there have been mixed stories of him put into an institution, being tortured for his efforts to escape, then escaping. And other cases of them saying they left him the way he was, with the herd. The gazelle boy story is not true,
I have read a variety of things, and it is confirmed it was a hoax. If you do look in the picture, the child does not have nearly enough muscle mass to be able to keep up with a gazelle herd, he has a farmers tan.
And there have been mixed stories of him put into an institution, being tortured for his efforts to escape, then escaping. And other cases of them saying they left him the way he was, with the herd.

]]> By: Tessa http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2375 Tessa Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:19:34 +0000 http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2375 Sorry, forgot to add the website! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_child Sorry, forgot to add the website!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_child

]]> By: Tessa http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2374 Tessa Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:19:05 +0000 http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2374 This is a website I found stating pretty much all reported cases of feral and neglected children, also stating the false stories - which a lot of them are famous and known. They were just pulled off because the stories were made up, and a severely disabled child was able to make it believable, so then lots of money was raised for the charities or whom discovered the child. Id like to hope some of them are true though! It is a pretty amazing thing. This is a website I found stating pretty much all reported cases of feral and neglected children, also stating the false stories – which a lot of them are famous and known. They were just pulled off because the stories were made up, and a severely disabled child was able to make it believable, so then lots of money was raised for the charities or whom discovered the child.

Id like to hope some of them are true though!
It is a pretty amazing thing.

]]> By: Jennifer http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2341 Jennifer Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:11:57 +0000 http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2341 They mentioned that they failed to capture the gazelle boy, so how are his hands and legs tied? It's definitely a hoax. They mentioned that they failed to capture the gazelle boy, so how are his hands and legs tied? It’s definitely a hoax.

]]> By: Jennifer http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2340 Jennifer Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:07:25 +0000 http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2340 Everything is that easy before the age of 7, once you've adapted to learning such things, it follows on in your life till death. Like a normal human infant learning to speak :) Everything is that easy before the age of 7, once you’ve adapted to learning such things, it follows on in your life till death. Like a normal human infant learning to speak :)

]]> By: Jennifer http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2339 Jennifer Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:04:31 +0000 http://cogitz.com/2009/09/03/feral-children-living-with-beasts/#comment-2339 Genie's situation was child isolation, not feral child. Genie’s situation was child isolation, not feral child.

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