Perspective.

[Eric.]

Part One: The Feral Child
PLANT CITY — The family had lived in the rundown rental house for almost three years when someone first saw a child's face in the window.
A little girl, pale, with dark eyes, lifted a dirty blanket above the broken glass and peered out, one neighbor remembered.
Everyone knew a woman lived in the house with her boyfriend and two adult sons. But they had never seen a child there, had never noticed anyone playing in the overgrown yard.
The girl looked young, 5 or 6, and thin. Too thin. Her cheeks seemed sunken; her eyes were lost.
The child stared into the square of sunlight, then slipped away.
Months went by. The face never reappeared.

http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article750838.ece


What kind of sick **** can let this happen?! While she has been adopted by a great wonderful AMAZING family, there are just so many things that went wrong before she was rescued.

I don't even know what to say. I'm speechless. I couldn't help but to cry while reading this story.


PS: This is gaining popularity on Digg, the server may not hold up.

 

[Joey D]

While incredibly sad that someone would do this to their own child it is quite an insightful look at human behaviour and psyche. The story was well written and I hope they continue to do updates on Dani and her family.

 

[Keef]

Stuff like this has happened in the past. It seems to be far more common in some parts of the world other than the US. One everyone seems to know about is Genie from LA back in the 70s. My parents still remember seeing her on the news all the time. I remember watching a video about this stuff in my high school psychology class, and another kid that was talked of a lot was The Wild Boy from France. He became a sort of son/test subject to a French psychologist in the late 1700s. A lot was learned about learning from subjects like him.

 

[Zrow]

In terms of "perspective": I have a four year old niece, which makes it harder for me to understand how anyone could let a little girl live like that.

I really don't have anything else to add - the story makes me sick, and the mother is the worst of what humanity has to offer. Zero sympathy whatsoever.