Hoax feral children
Some cases of feral children turn out, on closer investigation, to be simply hoaxes.
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There is extensive information for the children shown in bold.
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| Name | Sex | Location | Date found | Age when found | Animals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wild Boy of Burundi | M | Burundi | 1976 | monkeys | |||
| The Delphos Wolf Girl | F | Delphos, Kansas, USA | 1974 | 12 | |||
| The Nullarbor Nymph | F | Eucla, Australia | 1971 | kangaroos | |||
| Misha Defonseca | F | Europe | 1945 | 11 | wolves | ||
| Lucas | M | South Africa | 1904 | baboons |
