Werewolf Boy

Telegraph.com - Pruthviraj Patil has suffered from hypertrichosis, a rare genetic condition also known as Werewolf Syndrome, since birth. He is believed to be one of only 50 people in the world with the condition.  “It is difficult when I venture outside of my hometown or where people don’t know me,” he said. When Prithviraj was born villagers told his mother she had given birth to a God. Others thought he was a supernatural creature and a bad omen because of his unique appearance.  But despite his abnormal hair growth Pruthviraj, who is from the district of Sangli, near Bombay, is healthy, sporty and popular at school. “When I first went to school I used to get bullied and other children would laugh at me, but now they treat me like normal,” he said.

 

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