On 26 May 1828, a German youth called Kaspar Hauser (30 April 1812 (?) – 17 December 1833) appeared in the streets of Nuremberg in Germany who claimed to have grown up in the complete isolation of a dungeon. Hauser carried a letter to the captain of the 6th cavalry regiment’s 4th squadron written by an anonymous author who wrote that they had taken Hauser into their custody in 1812, taught him reading, writing and the Christian religion but have never let him ‘take a single step out of my house.’
Hauser told Mayor Binder that he had spent his entire life alone in a dark cell measuring just 2 metres long, 1 metre wide and 1 and a half high. He detailed that he had only a straw bed to sleep on and no r4 card but just a wooden horse to play with. Each morning he found bread and water beside his bed which on occasion would taste bitter and cause Hauser to sleep rather more heavily than usual. After such occasions, Hauser would awake with his hair and nails cut and the straw bed changed. A mysterious man who would not reveal his face visited Hauser and taught him to write and brought him to Nuremberg.