<Tr> <Th> Other names </Th> <Td> The Wild Boy of Aveyron </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> Feral child </Td> </Tr> <P> Victor of Aveyron (c. 1788--1828) was a French feral child who was found at the age of around twelve (he was going through puberty, and the doctors could only assume his age at the time). Upon his discovery, he was given many people to stay with, running away from civilization around eight times . Eventually, his case was taken up by a young physician, Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, who worked with the boy for five years and gave him his name, Victor . Itard was interested in determining what Victor could learn . He devised procedures to teach the boy words and recorded his progress . Based on his work with Victor, Itard broke new ground in the education of the developmentally delayed . </P> <P> Victor is estimated to have been born around 1788 . He was prepubescent when he was captured in 1800, but advanced to puberty within a year or two . It is not known when or how he came to live in the woods near Saint - Sernin - sur - Rance, though he was reportedly seen there around 1794 . In 1797 he was spotted by three hunters; he ran from them but they were able to catch him when he tried to climb a tree . They brought him to a nearby town where he was cared for by a widow . However, he soon escaped and returned to the woods; he was periodically spotted in 1798 and 1799 . On January 8, 1800, he emerged from the forests on his own . His age was unknown, but citizens of the village estimated his age to be about twelve . His lack of speech, as well as his food preferences and the numerous scars on his body, suggested to some that he had been in the wild for most of his life . </P>

Which of the following is true about the wild boy of aveyron