The Wild Man of Orford

According to the chronicler Ralph of Coggeshall, a naked wild man, covered in hair, was caught in the nets of local fishermen around 1167.
The man was brought back to the castle where he was held for six months, being questioned or tortured. He said nothing and behaved in a feral fashion throughout.
The wild man finally escaped from the castle.
Later accounts described him as a merman, and the incident appears to have encouraged the growth in "wild men" carvings on local baptismal fonts-around twenty such fonts from the later medieval period exist in coastal areas of Suffolk and Norfolk, near Orford.

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Very interesting! - it reminds me of the tales about those creatures known as Woodwose

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I think there is a version of this story where the Wildman does wander through the local forest.

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Echos of our subconscious and the wild with this universal phenomenon. Seen in some gods too, like the Celtic Cernunnos.

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Mayhaps a Wild Man, but he wasn't the one who thought torture was required.

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I thought that that was a bit uncalled for. Typical Lord of the Manor.

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