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“Among Wolves” Subject Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja Dies at 80

8/24/2026

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Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja died at 80 last week.
He lived twelve years with wolves after his father sold him to a goat herder at age seven.
The Civil Guard found him alone in the ravines in 1965 when he was 19.
Anthropologist Gabriel Janer Manila documented his story, publishing “I Played with Wolves” and inspiring the film “Among Wolves”.

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Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja died at 80 last week.
He lived twelve years with wolves after his father sold him to a goat herder at age seven.
The Civil Guard found him alone in the ravines in 1965 when he was 19.
Anthropologist Gabriel Janer Manila documented his story, publishing “I Played with Wolves” and inspiring the film “Among Wolves”.