There have always been those out on the periphery of society who have failed to fit in or belong due to unusual or aberrant physical characteristics. At one time there were words for such people, “freaks,” “abominations,” and many others. Whereas in this day and age such people would have access to a normal life, this was not always the case, with such people relegated to the status of inhuman monsters. Some of these individuals nevertheless managed to claw their way out of obscurity, and one such case is that if the “Wild Man” who managed to work his way up from a slave, to court jester, to respected nobleman with a bride and happy life, going on to quite possibly have influenced the story of