Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

His name was Pedro Gonzales, and to some he was known as the Man of the Woods.

No, he didn't live among the trees or off the grid.

It was the mid-1500s, there was no grid yet.

He was born in Tenerife, one of the Spanish Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, and he

was, well, he was a little strange.

To those who knew him, he was a curiosity, unlike anyone they'd ever seen before.

Pedro had a condition now known as hyper-tricosis, although at the time those who suffered from

the condition were simply called wildmen or animals.

See, Pedro had hair, a lot of hair.

I don't mean long locks, like Rapunzel.

Rather his entire face and body, from his forehead to his toes, were covered with thick,

dark hairs.

Given the lack of human rights laws at the time, it wasn't long before young Pedro's

condition made him a target for opportunistic kidnappers.

He was taken from his home and thrown in a metal cage, where he was fed raw meats and

kept like property.

A pet.

In fact, he was eventually sent to France as a gift for King Henry II's coronation in

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