PHOTOS, VIDEO: 'Wolf Man' With Hair On His Face Tells His Heartbreaking Story
The video shot by Eva Aridjis is dedicated to an unusual decease called hypertrichosis and to people who suffered from it.
Jesús Aceves is a hero of the video who suffers from the hypertrichosis since his childhood. Hypertrichosis is an abnormal amount of hair growth over the body and face. Extensive cases of hypertrichosis have informally been called werewolf syndrome, because the appearance is similar to the werewolf.
The Mexican man, referred to as Chuy by his family, tells his story about the decease, people all around him and his inner self-perception.
Chuy, The Wolf Man
"My name is Jesus. My family calls me Chuy. As a boy in my village of Loreto, Zakatekas... they called me "The Little Wolf". Now they call me "The Wolf Man". Sometimes people ask me why I look this way. "God made me this way," I reply. "Only God knows."
What do I have in common with wolves? I went to see them in the Cahpultepec Zoo...and concluded the following: Both of our faces are covered in hair and we both lived trapped. Them in the zoo, and me in this body.
At least wolves treat me the same as they treat other humans. That night on my way home on the metro people stared and shouted things at me. I try to ignore them but sometimes it's hard. I want to be left in peace, but I don't want to be left alone. I want them to notice me, but I want to pass unnoticed. I am the opposite of the invisible. I am the visible."
The short documentary was put together by Aridjis who said it is the only such portrait in history. She explained: "It was important to me as a filmmaker to give them a voice and let them tell their stories, and to document the challenges they face in their daily lives. Only fifty or so cases of congenital hypertrichosis have been recorded in history, and in Chuy’s family, from his deceased ancestors down to his 6-month-old nephew Derian, there have been 30 cases thus far."
Source: Legit.ng
