Peter the Wild Boy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Feral child
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Peter the Wild Boy
- Peter the Wild Boy (born c.
- 1713; died 22 February 1785) was a boy from Hanover in northern Germany who was found in 1725 living wild in the woods near Hamelin (Electorate of Hanover), the town of Pied Piper legend.
- The boy, of unknown parentage, had been living an entirely feral existence for an unknown length of time, surviving by eating forest flora; he walked on all fours, exhibited uncivilized behaviour and could not be taught to speak a language.
- He is now believed to have suffered from the very rare genetic disorder Pitt–Hopkins syndrome. Peter was found in the Hertswold Forest by a party of hunters led by George I while on a visit to his Hanover homeland and brought to Great Britain in 1726 by order of his daughter-in-law Caroline of Ansbach, the Princess of Wales.
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