'Werewolf boy' - who snarls and bites - on the run from police after escaping clinic

[Honey]

Russian police are hunting a "werewolf boy" - who snarls and bites - after he escaped from a Moscow clinic just a day after being rescued from the wild.


Doctors expressed shock saying he was found living with a pack of wolves in a remote forest in the Kaluga region of central Russia. Scroll down for more...

The 'werewolf boy' has escaped from a Moscow clinic just a day after he was found. It is thought he was raised by wolves and his toenails are like claws



"He's clearly dangerous to other people," said a police spokesman yesterday.
"He's got typical wolf-like habits and behaviour.
"He has very strong and sharp teeth, which could really endanger someone if he bites."
The boy looks about ten - but after tests conducted by Moscow medics, they believe he maybe much older.
They are puzzled because he appears intelligent but does not seem to speak Russian or any other language. It is suspected he has been running wild for many years.
Such cases are not uncommon in Russia where there have been regular reports of 'Mowgli' children abandoned by their parents who are cared for by animals.
The boy moves around with his legs half bent, said Tvoi Den newspaper. "He was running with wolves and searching for food with them."
Villagers found this "wild creature" in a lair made of leaves and sticks in freezing temperatures and told the police who named him Lyokha, though his real identity is not known. Scroll down for more...

The 'werewolf boy' looks about ten - but Moscow medics believe he may be much older



"He's dirty, hungry, and looked to have had a hard time," said the police spokesman. "We brought him to a clinic in Moscow.
"It was simply unbelievable. He doesn't react when we call to him." Medics gave him clothes and said that he sprang down the corridor, bursting into his room and devouring his food like an animal.
His nails on his feet were like claws.
After 24 hours he had evaded security men at the clinic and escaped. He is now believed to be on the loose in Moscow region.
"We didn't even manage to complete the proper medical checks. We only succeeded in giving him a shower, cutting his nails and took some blood and other tests," said a doctor. "It's quite possible he is a dangerous with psychological problems but also a source of viruses and infections."

'Werewolf boy' - who snarls and bites - on the run from police after escaping Moscow clinic | the Daily Mail

[Just Kill Me]

WTF?!?!?!?! That poor kid... I think...

[crumpet]

Dear God...those toenails will give me nightmares. Again, though, I think it says a lot about animals that they will adopt a kid whose parents threw him out.

[Dixie Normos]

How credible is this source? It seems a little far fetched to me, if only because

a) the wolves didn't EAT him
b) his toenails are clean, which suggests he hasn't been running around barefoot, it would take hours to clean them otherwise.

[Elvira]

Such cases are not uncommon in Russia where there have been regular reports of 'Mowgli' children abandoned by their parents who are cared for by animals.

This is true. I watched a documentary about children raised by dogs.

However, those do not look like the feet of a child.

[AliceInWonderland]

that is way to sad.

[VenusInFauxFurs]

Ugh the toenails.

[Bijoux]

OMG!!

That is messed up!

[greysfang]

Those are not a child's feet. This story is probably a hoax.

[msdeb]

i swear on all that is holy, those are my father in laws feet. <shiver>

[Voodoo Child]

Heck that is scary. Poor child.

[sparkly]

Wouldn't wolves eat someone that small? Especially if he'd been around them for years, because he would've been much smaller. And a few short years in the wild is not enough time for someone's mind to completely de-evolve into behaving completely like an animal, even if survival depends on it.

[angelais]

Ugh the toenails.

I think those are Britney's toes!

[Aella]

Wouldn't wolves eat someone that small? Especially if he'd been around them for years, because he would've been much smaller. And a few short years in the wild is not enough time for someone's mind to completely de-evolve into behaving completely like an animal, even if survival depends on it.

Not necessarily. There has been the documented case of two girls in India in the 1920s who were literally raised by wolves from a very young age. Such children can almost never be re-programmed to function as humans.

I'm weary of this story though, because it seems unlikely that a child would survive the Russian winter in the wild.

[msdeb]

I think those are Britney's toes!

nah. Brits a documented gnawer