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Wild / Feral Children Raised by Dogs

Posted by busylizzy • 3/11/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: abandoned children, neglected children, Psychology, wild feral children

Ever hear of children who were neglected or abandoned and left to fend for themselves? Every once in awhile a story breaks of finding a child who was not raised or taught what it is to be human. Please share any stories you may have heard about.

brainsyoursmineours.blogspot.com/2009/03/feral-wild-children-raised-by-dogs...

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3/11/09

Shuttercraft

That is crazy!

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3/12/09

timethief

Your story is very well written and I left you a comment.

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1. 3/12/09
  
  busylizzy
  
  Thanks Time Thief! Happy endings are always great!
3/12/09

flamingpoodle

They're much better behaved than children raised by humans. They look so cute when they try to wag their tails when you offer them a treat. The biggest gripe is protecting the postman.

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1. 3/12/09
  
  busylizzy
  
  Which is worse - human children treated like dogs or poodles set on fire? Whom shall I pity more?
3/12/09

Stillthinking

This story is heartbreaking. I read about it on AOL. It turns out that she was probably severely retarded (IQ about 50) and suffered from environmental autism due to the abuse and neglect. Her mother's IQ tested at about 79 which is borderline. I'm glad she found such caring and selfless people to adopt her.

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3/12/09

Shiley

...and I stumbled it.

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1. 3/12/09
  
  busylizzy
3/12/09

aningeniousname

I was abandoned as a baby in the local woods and subsequently raised by wood lice. It hasn't really changed me but if I am in a dark room and someone switches on a light I do have a tendency to scurry.

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1. 3/12/09
  
  busylizzy
  
  Anin- I think the scurrying is caused by overindulgence in rare kitchen cockroaches. They are sugary sweet and overeating is common.
3/12/09

MadMadMargo

There were times when my mother asked, "Are you being raised by a pack of wolves?" Of course, I answered, "No". "Well, then", she said "stop licking your wounds."

I never understood what she meant. I wasn't licking anything.

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1. 3/12/09
  
  busylizzy
  
  For us that comment meant we were having bad table manners...
2. 3/12/09
  
  MadMadMargo
  
  I think she may have been referring to a pity party I was throwing.
3/12/09

Shuttercraft

I submitted your post to Reddit

You should be getting like 5000 views soon!

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1. 3/12/09
  
  busylizzy
  
  DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3/12/09

Epicharis

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_child#Documented_cases

^Documented cases of feral children

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1. 3/13/09
  
  busylizzy
  
  My post has a link to a listing of feral children, too, with updates and pix.
  
  I have since learned that back in the "old days" the so-called experts believed that autism was caused by parents who neglected their children. What an unnecessary head trip for those poor parents!!!!!!!!!!!!
3/13/09

legbamel

I tried to convince my dogs to raise the kids, but they're having none of it. [sigh]

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3/14/09

busylizzy

Added some pix.

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