Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Victor of Aveyron


Born around 1785 and apparently lived his whole life naked in the woods before being spotted wandering in the woods near Saint Sernin sur Rance.
In 1800 he emerged from the forest on his own and was largely welcomed by the citizens of the village.
He was studied by Jean Marc Gaspard Itard a young medical student who adopted him into his home and attempted to teach him to communicate.
Victor only learnt how to spell out Lait (milk) and Oh, Dieu (Oh, God)

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