THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Detectives in Germany are trying to identify an English-speaking teenager who claims to have been living wild in a forest for the past five years.
The 17-year-old, who turned up at Berlin’s city hall, said he had been walking for two weeks but had no idea who he was or where he was from.
He told officers that he and his father moved to the forest about five years ago following the death of his mother and had lived off the land since, sleeping in a tent and remote huts.
He said his father had also died recently and that he had buried him in a shallow grave before setting off to find help.
Detectives said the teenager, who gave his name as Ray, spoke a little German, but his first language appeared to be English.
He was able to tell officers his name and his date of birth, but claimed not to remember either of his parents’ names or anything of his life before he entered the forest.
Despite being dishevelled, he was described as being fit and healthy and showing no signs of malnourishment or abuse. » | Stuart Braun in Berlin and Martin Evans | Friday, September 16, 2011
BILD: Junge lebte fünf Jahre im Wald: Berlin – Er stand auf einmal in einer Berliner Polizeiwache. Mit einem Zelt, einem Schlaf- und einem Rucksack – und gibt seitdem den Behörden Rätsel auf: Der Junge aus dem Wald. 16 bis 18 Jahre alt, englischsprachig, keine Ausweispapiere. » | ali | Freitag 16. September 2011
