General Third man syndrome

[NotBanjaxo]

Found in 1867 inside a jungle cave, this feral boy named Dina Sanichar, preferred eating raw meat, had trouble standing on two feet, growled like a wolf, and gnawed on bones to sharpen his teeth. He never learned to speak. He became the inspiration for The Jungle Book's character of Mowgli.

I read somewhere (on the internet, so it must be true) that a lot of the supposedly "feral" children either found in caves or raised by wolves / chimps etc. were actually mentally handicapped children, unwanted by their parents who considered them a burden, and palmed off on missionaries or local colonial authorities.

 

[scourge]

Gotta love Soup threads

 

[segfault]

This is not a clump of hair — it's one of the most venomous caterpillars in the US: Puss caterpillar

Oh FUCK that. The underside looks like the crotch of a Burning Man chick.

 

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I read somewhere (on the internet, so it must be true) that a lot of the supposedly "feral" children either found in caves or raised by wolves / chimps etc. were actually mentally handicapped children, unwanted by their parents who considered them a burden, and palmed off on missionaries or local colonial authorities.

Makes sense. I read something similar that the origin of the myth of Changelings was medieval peoples' way of explaining childhood autism. They went from being regular kids to something that only looked like their kids, but behaved like a strange creature.

 

[kvr28]

Abuna Yemata Guh is a unique and historic rock-hewn church located in Ethiopia at an elevation of approximately 2,580 meters (8,460 feet) above sea level, this church is perched on the top of a sheer cliff in the Gheralta Mountains, making it one of the most inaccessible churches in the world.

Abuna Yemata Guh - Church in the Sky, World's Most Inaccessible Place of Worship

Screw that, I'll be going to hell

 

[NiteProwleR]

Souper thread!