Friday, 15 June 2012

Forest Boy: Problem Solved!

Well that didn't take very long: Police in Berlin have solved the mystery of the so-called "Forest Boy" just days after releasing a photo of his face to the public.
The "boy" is actually a 20-year-old man from the Netherlands who went missing just days before he showed up in Berlin. Though he went by "Ray" since emerging out of the woods nine months ago, his real name is Robin van Helsum, and he hails from the town of Hengelo.
"We are 100 percent certain that he is this 20-year-old boy, because his stepmother positively identified him," a Dutch police spokeswoman said. A photo of Van Helsum wearing a chain with his name on it was his undoing.

Via Gawker.

1 comment:

  1. I'm thinking of running through the woods calling myself rapunzel, so I can be taken in by some rich swank with a tower :D

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