Gazelle Boy

In 1960, Basque anthropologist Jean-Claude Auger received a tip from nomads in the Sahara that a child was running free in the desert. He went to investigate, and idetified a boy galloping with the gazelles. Auger watched as the kid sniffed and licked to communicate with his gazelle friends and ate roots, lizards, and worms just like the rest of the herd.

Auger returned two years later with a Spanish army captain to capture the child. But when they tried to chase him down, he outran their Jeep. In 1966, Auger made one last attempt to catch the child with a helicopter and a net, but even an aerial attack was no match for Gazelle Boy.

I'm quite glad that's not on youtube.