Posted on 04/06/2018 1:49:49 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
A man raised by wolves says he feels disappointed with human life.
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja struggles with the coldness of the human world and wishes he could go back to living with the animals.
Rodríguez was 19 when found in Spain's Sierra Morena mountain range, living among wolves, barefoot and half-naked - only using grunts for communication.
The 72-year-old said his last happy memories are of his childhood with the animals.
His mother died when he was three and his dad went to live with another woman.
They took him to the mountains to replace a goatherd. While he was taught to make a fire and utensils, the man disappeared leaving the seven-year-old alone.
The mountain's animals were his only company and the wolf cubs accepted him as a brother.
A she-wolf fed him and he slept in a cave alongside bats, snakes and deer.
The wolves even taught him how to survive and which berries and mushrooms were safe to eat.
He said: "One day I went into a cave and started to play with wolf cubs that lived here and fell asleep. Later, the mother brought food for them and I woke up."
"The wolf started to rip the meat apart. A cub got close to me and I tried to steal his food because I was hungry. The mother pawed at me. I backed off."
But after feeding her pups she threw him a piece of meat. "I didn't want to touch it because I thought she was going to attack me, but she was pushing the meat with her nose.
"I took it, ate it, and thought she was going to bite me, but she put her tongue out, and started to lick me. After that I was one of the family."
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Two dudes walking down the street. They come upon a dog licking his balls.
First guy says “I kinda wish I could do that.”
Second guy says “You maybe want to pet him first.”
Where’s his dog? He needs a dog!
Goat Herder lives alone for a decade. Invents some over the top stories out of boredom. That’s all.
I find this story hard to believe.
What a load of crap.
Let me get this straight. He was born in 1945 or 1946. Let’s 1945.
At age 7, in 1952, he was abandoned in the woods by his father to replace a goatherd.
He soon began to live with wolves. . . and no one noticed for 12 years.
At age 19, he was pulled out of the woods by the police. That would be in 1964.
I’m just not sure I buy this. Did he have problems speaking? After all he would not have talked to people for 12 years, right?
I think the real problem is that he misses furry nipples. And he’s in Spain. He needs to move to France.
Sounds like a Paul Simon song.
The other punch line is....
“He might bite you.”
I don't think so. Wolves might occasionally eat berries but they wouldn't eat mushrooms. No way they taught him any such thing.
So why did he not get a job along the lines of a park ranger or something?
What has he been doing the last 50 or so years? Was he forced to live in town?
So he is some kind of Greystoke/Tarzan dude?
Is he an animal rights/enviro/nature activist or just spins tales about his wolf pack while living on the dole?
He is nothing compared to Richard_Proenneke. That dude was pretty awesome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke
LOL
Coffee through the nose
They took him to the mountains to replace a goatherd. While he was taught to make a fire and utensils, the man disappeared leaving the seven-year-old alone.
I guess he would be disappointed with human life after a start like that, but surely he must have met some nice people since that horrible beginning.
I can totally understand this.
Animals don’t know how to betray. Humans, seemingly, don’t know how not to.
so ..... what happened to the goats?
He fed them to the wolves?
Pure boloney.
I wonder that, too. Has he had any kind of job? If not, who provides his house, clothing, and food?
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