On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:15 AM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com>wrote:
> Fascinating story of a "feral" child discovered in the greater Tampa
> area. She'd been raised in a state of horrible neglect for nearly 7
> years:
>
> http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article750838.ece
>
> 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.