Posted on 06/13/2012 9:30:56 AM PDT by Theoria
Berlin police on Wednesday released photos an English-speaking teenage boy who wandered into the city nine months ago saying he had been living for the last five years in the forest with his father.
Police spokesman Thomas Neuendorf said all attempts to identify the boy since he emerged in the German capital on Sept. 5 have been unsuccessful, and they are now hoping the release of his photo may produce some leads.
"We have checked his DNA against all missing person reports, sent the data to Interpol so that they could check it internationally, but unfortunately without any success," Neuendorf said.
The boy has told authorities his father called him "Ray" and that he was born June 20, 1994, but claims not to know his last name or where he's from.
He said his mother, Doreen, died in a car accident when he was 12 and after that he and his father, Ryan, took to the forest. He said they wandered using maps and a compass, staying in tents or caves overnight.
He told authorities that after his father died in August, 2011, he buried him in the forest and then walked five days north before ending up in Berlin, and showed up at city hall.
Investigators have been unable to confirm any details about a fatal car accident that matches up with Ray's story, however, and haven't been able to find the body of the father - raising "serious doubts" about the story.
"There are many question marks," Neuendorf said.
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He looks too well fed to have been out in the woods for five years. If he’s so able to have survived in the woods for five years, with his father, why was his father so concerned about him seeking civilization the moment he was dying?
he came from the forest? Call him “Forest” Gump.
Another Kaspar Hauser!
Germans have Kaspar Hausers the way the Scots have the Loch Ness monster.
Put him back in the woods, keep your distance, and see if he can survive on his own for a month. If he can, he’s telling the truth. If he needs help, then he’s making up stories.
Put him back in the woods, keep your distance, and see if he can survive on his own for a month. If he can, he’s telling the truth. If he needs help, then he’s making up stories.
This is very doubtful! His hair is too perfect and how would they be able to accommodate his growth with the fresh clothes he seems to be wearing? I think the necklace is too perfect as well.
He should be around 17? Mother died at 12 and they took to the woods for 5 years? He should have at least some sort of growth on his face. Again, too perfect!
He has been living in Berlin for the last nine months.
How long are his nails?
Kasper Hauser?
Anybody check the size of his feet.
Ich bin ein Timberliner.
Ich bin ein Timberliner.
Look at his cheekbones! He’s got to be at least 1/128th Cherokee, so he cook crab cakes in Oklahoma and run for Senate in Massachusetts... living in the woods is a piece of cake.
How long did it take you to read the article? He came to Berlin 9 months ago.
I know the story of Kasper Hauser and was just wondering if this were a modern day version of the same.
I even own a copy of the movie “The Enigma of Kasper Hauser” by Werner Hertzog. Really interesting film and story.
I read about Hauser when I was a kid. One of the most interesting stories I ever read.
I bet he has a Hawaiian birth certificate somewhere.
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