Germany - Teen emerges from woods, Sep'11 - Hoax - Robin van Helsum

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Police say they're investigating the story of an English-speaking teenager who appeared in the German capital last week saying he had lived the last five years in the woods with his father.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44549119?gt1=43001

I hope this boy has other family and that he can find them. He must be so scared and alone.

 

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http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/...s-running-from-his-troubles-friend-says?lite/

By Carol Grisanti, NBC News
19 Jun 2012
12:39pm, EDT

Robin van Helsum, the "Forest Boy" who hoaxed German authorities for nine months with a fantasy about living rough in the woods, was running away from a troubled background and financial concerns, a friend of his told NBC News.