Comments on: Photo released of Ray, the "forest boy" of Germany http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 05:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1450196 niktemadur Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1450196 The Herzog film with Bruno S in the role of Kaspar is a masterpiece. "The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser" has a peculiar secondary title, "Every Man for Himself and God Against All". http://85.214.56.41/movieman/Images/Film/00009928_KasparHauser_005-1.jpg The Herzog film with Bruno S in the role of Kaspar is a masterpiece.
“The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser” has a peculiar secondary title, “Every Man for Himself and God Against All”.

http://85.214.56.41/movieman/Images/Film/00009928_KasparHauser_005-1.jpg

]]> By: Ezra Igor Imazagi http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1450190 Ezra Igor Imazagi Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1450190 Aaaaand he's been identified. His name's Robin, the story with the dead parents and living in the forest was a lie, he came to Berlin from the Netherlands a few days before he contacted the police and obviously wanted to start a new life after personal problems: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20120615-43167.html Aaaaand he’s been identified. His name’s Robin, the story with the dead parents and living in the forest was a lie, he came to Berlin from the Netherlands a few days before he contacted the police and obviously wanted to start a new life after personal problems:
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20120615-43167.html

]]> By: registradus http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1450185 registradus Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1450185 Why is the article linked the Sydney Morning Herald? Was he found in Sydney? from Sydney? Why is the article linked the Sydney Morning Herald? Was he found in Sydney? from Sydney?

]]> By: Anon_Mahna http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1450111 Anon_Mahna Fri, 15 Jun 2012 03:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1450111  and was found holding a can of paint...  and was found holding a can of paint…

]]> By: Culturedropout http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449997 Culturedropout Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449997  That, and the fact that he kept sticking his finger in a dyke...  That, and the fact that he kept sticking his finger in a dyke…

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449927 theophrastvs Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449927  Those are ....o..k.  Their bockwurst is better there (and the owner is a wonderful guy).  But they just aren't quite the currywurst of Berlin somehow.  Those are ….o..k.  Their bockwurst is better there (and the owner is a wonderful guy).  But they just aren’t quite the currywurst of Berlin somehow.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449834 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449834 <blockquote>The boy is a Dutch boy</blockquote>You'd think that haircut would have been a hint.

The boy is a Dutch boy

You’d think that haircut would have been a hint.

]]> By: Elger van der Wel http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449790 Elger van der Wel Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449790 The boy is a Dutch boy, named Robin, who has been missing since september. His whole story was a lie, he just wanted to start a new life. The Dutch police found out after my colleagues received an e-mail from a friend of his at the newsroom where I work (NOS op 3). The whole story (in Dutch) can be found here: http://nos.nl/op3/artikel/383976-mysterieuze-bosjongen-is-nederlander.html The boy is a Dutch boy, named Robin, who has been missing since september. His whole story was a lie, he just wanted to start a new life. The Dutch police found out after my colleagues received an e-mail from a friend of his at the newsroom where I work (NOS op 3). The whole story (in Dutch) can be found here: http://nos.nl/op3/artikel/383976-mysterieuze-bosjongen-is-nederlander.html

]]> By: rogerwilco1 http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449715 rogerwilco1 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449715 The boy has been identified as the Dutch buy Robin van Helsum. http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/12358786/___Bosjongen__is_Nederlander__.html The boy has been identified as the Dutch buy Robin van Helsum.

http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/12358786/___Bosjongen__is_Nederlander__.html

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449632 chgoliz Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449632 Yeah, I'm wondering how much of the story is what his 'father' told him over the years.  He may find out everything he thinks he knows about himself is a lie. Yeah, I’m wondering how much of the story is what his ‘father’ told him over the years.  He may find out everything he thinks he knows about himself is a lie.

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449629 Funk Daddy Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449629 Pfft, fake. Teeth were good, nails were clean, clothes were clean and his tent and other equipment appeared new and the tent unused even once when he first showed up.  I don't care, but I disrespect his attitude toward fraud. He should have worked harder at it. A better backstory, believable props and physicality, it's like he woke up a drunk, privileged backpacker and headed to City Hall for lack of anything better to do. If he had worked at it then at least the challenge for the police and the amusement afforded the public would be equal or greater than the cost of his room and board and whatever else he has received.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW2vrPpmJOA Pfft, fake.

Teeth were good, nails were clean, clothes were clean and his tent and other equipment appeared new and the tent unused even once when he first showed up. 

I don’t care, but I disrespect his attitude toward fraud. He should have worked harder at it. A better backstory, believable props and physicality, it’s like he woke up a drunk, privileged backpacker and headed to City Hall for lack of anything better to do.

If he had worked at it then at least the challenge for the police and the amusement afforded the public would be equal or greater than the cost of his room and board and whatever else he has received. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW2vrPpmJOA

]]> By: Warren_Terra http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449533 Warren_Terra Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449533 <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/bratz-seattle-2" rel="nofollow">50th and Brooklyn in the U district</a> 50th and Brooklyn in the U district

]]> By: Walker Shurlds http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449492 Walker Shurlds Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449492 I really really hope that this is performance art. We have been trolled? I really really hope that this is performance art. We have been trolled?

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449466 theophrastvs Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449466 where? where??  [looks up/down Roosevelt way sees only Feierabend in distance] where? where??  [looks up/down Roosevelt way sees only Feierabend in distance]

]]> By: Warren_Terra http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449463 Warren_Terra Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449463 There are better options than pulling this nonsense, if that's all you want. You can get currywurst in Seattle nowadays. There are better options than pulling this nonsense, if that’s all you want. You can get currywurst in Seattle nowadays.

]]> By: Warren_Terra http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449462 Warren_Terra Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449462 The picture was presumably taken some time after he was taken into custody, explaining his general cleanliness and his hair (which isn't exactly Grizzly Adams but also isn't a remarkable coiffure). A better question would be about laundromats, given that he claims to have been living five yeas in the woods and was found with clean clothes. The picture was presumably taken some time after he was taken into custody, explaining his general cleanliness and his hair (which isn’t exactly Grizzly Adams but also isn’t a remarkable coiffure). A better question would be about laundromats, given that he claims to have been living five yeas in the woods and was found with clean clothes.

]]> By: bluest_one http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449420 bluest_one Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449420  Not shown in this photo: his satyr-like lower-half.  Not shown in this photo: his satyr-like lower-half.

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449407 theophrastvs Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449407 Check the mormons to see if one of their "missionaries" is missing (kid looks just like one of the mormon missionaries that came up to me in Bonn and couldn't even speak a word of German)  one good taste of a proper currywurst would probably convince him not to return to the "inland empire" Check the mormons to see if one of their “missionaries” is missing (kid looks just like one of the mormon missionaries that came up to me in Bonn and couldn’t even speak a word of German)  one good taste of a proper currywurst would probably convince him not to return to the “inland empire”

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449406 blueelm Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449406 It seems like it would have occurred to them to check the US, and also New Zealand or Australia perhaps? One would hope. But English is spoken in a lot of places, and having good English skills doesn't mean he couldn't be from pretty much anywhere. Perhaps he's another one like the local girl here in TX who got herself deported under the assumed name of an immigrant. Now that is one crazy way to run away. But I could see it being pulled off, as the only way that girl was found was that she was posting about it on facebook. It seems like it would have occurred to them to check the US, and also New Zealand or Australia perhaps? One would hope. But English is spoken in a lot of places, and having good English skills doesn’t mean he couldn’t be from pretty much anywhere.

Perhaps he’s another one like the local girl here in TX who got herself deported under the assumed name of an immigrant. Now that is one crazy way to run away. But I could see it being pulled off, as the only way that girl was found was that she was posting about it on facebook.

]]> By: Daneel http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449390 Daneel Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449390  Fog in Channel; Continent Cut Off  Fog in Channel; Continent Cut Off

]]> By: Ryan Lenethen http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449383 Ryan Lenethen Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449383 Sounds like the kid they found in BC, Canada. Very similar story. Reported all over media. Turned out to be a complete fabrication. I believe he ended up just being a runaway. Probably the same thing here. Sounds like the kid they found in BC, Canada. Very similar story. Reported all over media. Turned out to be a complete fabrication. I believe he ended up just being a runaway. Probably the same thing here.

]]> By: ffabian http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449377 ffabian Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449377 That only proves that the british educational system is quite a mess. That only proves that the british educational system is quite a mess.

]]> By: Jer_00 http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449364 Jer_00 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449364  Not if you ask people who live in the UK...  Not if you ask people who live in the UK…

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449357 SomeGuyNamedMark Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449357 It's a shame about Ray... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFYFj5q8_Qk It’s a shame about Ray…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFYFj5q8_Qk

]]> By: ffabian http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449346 ffabian Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449346 "compared  him to every missing child report in Europe." "check the missing child reports in the UK" The UK IS in Europe. “compared  him to every missing child report in Europe.”
“check the missing child reports in the UK”

The UK IS in Europe.

]]> By: BonzoDog1 http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449343 BonzoDog1 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449343 Are there also wild barbers living in the woods? Are there also wild barbers living in the woods?

]]> By: mappo http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449342 mappo Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449342 If he's a native english speaker, they should probably check the missing child reports in the UK or US, depending on his accent. If he’s a native english speaker, they should probably check the missing child reports in the UK or US, depending on his accent.

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449331 Jim Saul Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449331 John Titor's son? John Titor’s son?

]]> By: Ryan_T_H http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449330 Ryan_T_H Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449330 It's unlikely to be as simple as a runaway. Over the last few years they have compared  him to every missing child report in Europe. The only reason they are releasing the photo is that the normal channels have come up dry. It’s unlikely to be as simple as a runaway. Over the last few years they have compared  him to every missing child report in Europe. The only reason they are releasing the photo is that the normal channels have come up dry.

]]> By: freshyill http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/photo-released-of-ray-the-f.html#comment-1449321 freshyill Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166253#comment-1449321 Agreed. This kid's story is total bullshit. Agreed. This kid’s story is total bullshit.

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