Case file · Folklore / legend

Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja, the wolf boy

In 1965 the Civil Guard found Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja, who had lived alone for about twelve years in the Sierra Morena and said he had run with wolves.

1965 CE · 38.25, -4.50 · status: official

The account

Sold as a child to a goatherd, he was left alone in the mountains after the man died. His story, studied by the anthropologist Gabriel Janer Manila, inspired the film Entrelobos (2010).

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja
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