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# Forest Boy

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Siberian 'forest boy' found after 16 years in wilderness

The young man was afraid he would not survive the winter without his missing parents.

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Sep 10th 2013, 7:50 PM

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'Forest boy' outed as Dutch man who ran away from home

The teenager hit headlines worldwide when he turned up in Germany claiming to have lived in the woods for years.

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Jun 16th 2012, 4:11 PM

Forest Boy

Living wild: Germany’s ‘forest boy’ joins long list of mysterious survival tales

Last week a teenager walked into Berlin city hall and said he’d been living in the forest for five years. What other mysterious tales of wild survival are there?

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Sep 22nd 2011, 7:45 AM