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A feral child (also called wild child) is a young individual who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, with little or no experience of human care, social behavior, or language. Such children lack the basics of primary and secondary socialization . [ 1 ]
The Girl of Issaux, [1] lost in the snow at the age of 8 and captured at the age of 16 (circa 1719), and also La Folle des Pyrénées [2] (captured 1807 at the age of about 40) who was not feral but lived with the bears. The story also draws some parallels to another story of a wild child of French origin – Victor of Aveyron.
The 2003 novel Wild Boy by Jill Dawson. The title novella of the 2010 collection Wild Child and Other Stories by T. C. Boyle. Mordicai Gerstein's novel Victor: A Novel Based in the Life of the Savage of Aveyron. Mary Losure's non-fiction children's book Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron.
Marie-Catherine Homassel-Hecquet (June 12, 1686 – 8 July 1764) was a French biographical author of the first half of the 18th century. She was the wife of the Abbeville merchant Jacques Homassel and the semi-anonymous "Madame H–––t" who published a pamphlet biography of the famous feral child Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc, Histoire d'une jeune fille sauvage trouvée dans les bois à ...
Wild child usually refers to a feral child; it may also refer to: Film and television The ... Wild Child (book), 2021 children's nature book by Dara McAnulty;
Feral (subculture), an Australian counter-cultural movement; Feral Brewing Company, an Australian brewery; Feral child, a child that has been isolated from human contact; Feral House, an American book publishing company; Feral Interactive, a British video game company; Feral Tribune, a Croatian satirical weekly newspaper; Feral, a 2012 short film
Wild Child (Kyle Gibney), alternately spelled Wildchild and also known as Weapon Omega and Wildheart, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as both a superhero and a supervillain , and as a member of Alpha Flight , X-Factor and Weapon X .
A 1999 episode of The Pretender titled" Wild Child" featured a young wild girl that was named Violet (portrayed by Lindsey Evanson). Jarod witnesses her being dragged away in a police car after being caught by hunters near their trailer. The wild girl was shown to be barefoot, had back-length hair, and was wearing some type of ripped dress.