The Hasunpur Wolf Boy

The Rajah of Hasunpoor Bundooa mentions, as a fact within his own knowledge, besides the other, for the truth of which he vouches, that in the year 1843, a lad came to the town of Hasunpoor, who had evidently been brought up by the wolves. He seemed to be twelve years of age when he saw him — was very dark, and ate flesh, whether cooked or uncooked.

He had short hair all over his body when he first came, but having, for a time, as the Rajah states, eaten salt with his food, like other human beings, the hair by degrees disappeared. He could walk, like other men, on his legs, but could never be taught to speak. He would utter sounds like wild animals, and could be made to understand signs very well. He used to sit at a bunneea's shop in the bazaar, but was at last recognized by his parents, and taken off. What became of him afterwards he knows not.

The Rajah's statement regarding this lad is confirmed by all the people of the town, but none of them know what became of him.