Thursday, July 07, 2005

Gazelle Boy and other feral children

I'm a big fan of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (the 2000 edition not the 1894 edition). One of the entries mentions a story about a child in the Sahara that was raised by gazelles. Brewer's doesn't usually contain a lot of detail - just enough to whet your appetite - so I did a Google search and found this entry. Stlll not a lot of detail about Gazelle Boy but the site itself is fascinating. Stories about feral children including those raised by animals and the odd hoax or two - there is another story about a boy raised by gazelles in Syria but that turned out to be a hoax. Check out the site.

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