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Sanichar as a young man, c. 1889–1894. Dina Sanichar (1860 or 1861–1895) was a feral boy.A group of hunters discovered him among wolves in a cave in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India in February 1867, [1] around the age of six.
A feral child (also called wild child) is a young individual who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, with little or no experience of human care, social behavior, or language. Such children lack the basics of primary and secondary socialization . [ 1 ]
An early modern example of a feral child comes from Rudyard Kipling's 1894 short story collection The Jungle Book. His protagonist Mowgli is raised by wolves and becomes the ruler of the jungle. Peter Pan, created by J. M. Barrie in 1902, is a boy who fled to the magical Neverland and refused to grow up.
The child, now known as Mowgli, is adopted by Nisha and raised with the wolves. Years pass, and Mowgli encounters Shere Khan, who has antagonized the nearby "man-village" by killing their cattle. Mowgli falls into a tiger trap set by the villagers, but is saved by Hathi, an Indian elephant missing half a tusk.
Among Wolves (Spanish: Entrelobos) is a 2010 Spanish-German adventure and drama film directed by Gerardo Olivares. It is based on the true story of feral child Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja . [ 1 ]
A little girl who survived 12 nights in an abandoned Siberian forest has revealed she wants to help others by becoming a doctor.. The story of Karina Chikitova, deemed the “real-life Mowgli ...
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According to the French surgeon Serge Aroles, the case of Amala and Kamala is the most scandalous swindle concerning feral children. In his book L'Enigme des enfants-loup (Enigma of the Wolf-Children, 2007), Aroles describes his research of the case. He scrutinised archives and formerly unknown sources and concludes: