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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Humans have been able to live in the woods and thrive for thousands of years.. If his father knew what he was doing there is no reason for them to starve.
He looks like he was raised by a pack of wild lesbians.
Yes.
Which means, if they had the ability to survive well, for five years in the woods, that kids should still be able to survive well because he’s had 5 years of training.
People are consistent. If they hate society enough that they’d rather be in the woods, it doesn’t seem likely that their first concern for their child is to seek civilization upon their death. They’d probably work overtime to give their child survival skills so they wouldn’t have join society.
The use of language also degrades quickly, if it’s not constantly used. If this child really spent 5 years of prime development time in solitude and away from having to communicate, his language skills should be much more primitive than his age.
Or you can call him "Jay" ... or you can call him "Ray-Jay" ... just don't call him out of the woods late for dinner...
Don’t call him Johnson either.
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