Teen Lived in German Woods for 5 Years.

[thissiteisfuckedup]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44549119...ds-last-years/

[BryanXavier]

Yeah I read that article. Mom had died, dad and kid go out in the woods to live, dad dies. He thinks his name is "Ray" but no last name. Crazy. and in Germany of all places. To display my ignorance, I didn't think there were enough woods in Germany to hide for that long. I know, geographically challenged ego centric American.

[Mr.Goodbar]

Media stunt. Like that dude who could play the piano and pretended not to know anything. Or if piano guy was real then some other case like it which was true.
Main point: media stunt

[Parannoyed]

I think there is enough crazy shit going on in the world they dont have to fake everything... it could be genuine

[Mr.Goodbar]

ok, time will tell if it true or not i suppose. wait n see.

Piano man sounded like a dickhead:

A GERMAN who became known internationally as the Piano Man after turning up on a Kent beach suffering apparent memory loss and then playing music in hospital, had written repeatedly of his yearning for fame.

Andreas Grassl, 20, had bombarded German television stations for years with requests to appear on their shows. He also wrote to Bill Gates, the Microsoft chairman, and Robbie Williams, the singer, asking them to help him launch a career in the media.

[Faline]

Interpol is investigating whether a teenager who emerged in Berlin saying he had been living in the woods for five years is a missing British child.
Cops in Berlin are trying to find out the identity of the blonde and blue-eyed teenager — believed to be 17.

Today, police chiefs said they had approached Interpol - the world's largest police organisation - to see if the boy matches any missing person reports.

He calls himself Ray and told officers he walked for two weeks to the capital city when his dad, Ryan, died.

He said he had been living wild with his father for FIVE YEARS.

The pair of them had ventured into the woods to live there when his mum Doreen died in a car crash.

They lived in tents and earth huts ever since.

Police spokesman Michael Maass said he appeared on September 5 at Berlin's city hall.

Officers will not know the results of the Interpol inquiry until Monday.

Claudia Elitok, of Berlin Police, said: "He speaks fluent English and a few words in German.

"He remembers his name but we are not releasing it.

"He explained that the last five years were spent in the woods with his father, then his father died and he buried him.

"He was walking for two weeks before getting to Berlin.

"He has said what happened to his mother but I can't go into that information.

"He was found in good condition and is being taken care of by officials."

Detectives are going over everything Ray has told them to establish a picture of his background and biography.

It is not known if he will accompany police to the spot where he left his father and began his journey to the capital.

A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: "We are aware of these reports and we are looking into them."

It is thought consular staff could begin liaising with the authorities in Berlin on Monday if the teenager proves to be British.

[sassieroses]

Wow! Hope the kid finds some family. Jeez.

[Peehnut]

Wow Bear Grylls may have found his match!

[Blewvane]

'Forest boy' yearns to return to the wild

A boy who was discovered after five years in the wilderness has said he yearns to return to his forest life.

The boy, known only as Ray and dubbed "forest boy", has been having trouble sleeping in a proper bed since he handed himself in to officials two weeks ago, the Daily Mail reported.

Sources close to the boy said he wants to return to the wild, and that everyday things like hot showers and soap have been "unsettling" to him.

The boy is believed to have spent five years in woods south of German captial Berlin, and only decided to turn himself in after his father died of a fall.

Ray had been taken into the forest by his father after his mother had died in a car crash.

He was carrying a rucksack, tent and sleeping back when he gave himself into custody.

The unusual story is credible, according to police, and the unnamed Daily Mail source said it was "unsurprising" that the boy was struggling to sleep in a bed after being outdoors for so long.

"He has indicated that he would be far more comfortable on the forest floor and would prefer to return there to sleep," the source added.

Despite the baffling nature of his story, police said it all adds up so far.

Detectives are now on the hunt for any signs of Ray's father's body. The boy said he buried the body in a shallow grave, but was unable to give an exact location other than south.
Officials are desperate to make Ray a ward of the state so they can begin trying to identify him, and so a caretaker can be appointed.


http://au.news.yahoo.com/odd/a/-/odd...n-to-the-wild/

[Flaka]

Why would they move to the woods? How can he not remember his last name? So many questions..........