13-Year-Old 'Wolf Boy' Becomes Popular Local Celebrity In India

A determined 13-year-old boy named Lalit Patidar in central India earned the nickname ''wolf boy'' due to having the rare condition hypertrichosis, which caused his whole face to grow thick hair.



Lalit, who hails from Nandleta village of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh state, is a younger son of his family with five sisters and attends the local school at an eighth-grade equivalent level.



According to Lalit, students at first called him "wolf" and other nicknames, but slowly they all became friends and now he can be seen playing sports and chatting with friends. Lalit proudly says that he wants to become a police officer.



Lalit's father Bankat Patidar said he was like this from birth and four months later hey consulted doctors but were told at the time that the disease is incurable.