“People Only Know Me as a Freak,” The Wolf Man Struggles to Find a Job Outside the Circus

Jesús Aceves has hypertrichosis, which makes his hair grow abundantly over his face and back. Because of his condition, he’s also known as The Wolf Man. But he’s tired of this alias and wants to live a normal life.

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Meet Jesús Aceves, a 55-year-old man born with a condition called hypertrichosis, which means he has abnormal hair growth over his body, especially his face. Although married with kids, Jesús isn’t fully happy with his living conditions. He says he and his family suffer discrimination. In an interview, one of his kids mentioned, “People call me names, and they even tell their kids not to be my friends.”

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He worked in the circus all his life, traveling through several cities. But now, he’s tired of being seen as a freak. As a consequence of years on the road, he’s been known as The Wolf Man.

Back home and not in the circus anymore, he’s facing another challenge: finding a “normal” job. He needs to support his family since his wife works in temporary jobs.

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After several failed job interviews, he agreed to try something he had always avoided: shave his face. He relied on his family barber to transform him, even creating eyebrows and lashes.

The experience was difficult since the face is an extremely sensitive body area, but both he and his wife believed that simply by shaving, he would be able to find a job.

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Jesús did several interviews, and it’s confident that now he’ll find somewhere to work besides the circus. If this happens, he must shave his face every 2 days.

Although rare, some conditions aren’t impossible to have. Luckily, people find a way to overcome the difficulties a rare condition brings and strive in life. Hannah Tyre, for example, was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, meaning that her bones break very easily. But her love for makeup made her an internet influencer, reaching millions of followers. We hope that, by reaching the mainstream media, people with genetic diseases won’t suffer more discrimination.

Loyal German Shepherd Stays Close To Dead Owner For 23 Days

There aren’t many things that compare to the steadfast commitment that our furry friends exhibit. It’s a quality that dog owners all throughout the world cherish, and it shows in heartwarming ways like the mournful wails they make as we leave and the joyful circles they dance when we get back.

However, among the countless tales of dog loyalty, one story bears witness to the deep relationship that exists between a man and his devoted companion.

A German shepherd by the name of Talero left his mark on a story of steadfast love that survived even the cold grasp of death in the middle of Argentina’s snow-covered terrain. Talero was always there for his owner, Bernardo Leonidas Quiros, when tragedy struck and he was killed by the weather on a perilous family trip.

After their automobile broke down due to the hazardous terrain, Quiros and Talero found themselves stranded in the middle of a snowstorm. They braved the weather to hunt for help in a last-ditch attempt to survive. However, Quiros became lost in the white expanse as the unrelenting snowstorm obstructed their way, with his trusty companion, Talero, keeping watch beside him.

Talero stood guard over his deceased master for an incredible twenty-three days, a lone figure in the barren terrain, a motionless sentinel. Rescuers eventually found the frozen figure of Quiros, curled up under the protective shield of the Patagonian environment, thanks to Talero’s persistent presence.

Talero’s heroic attempts to save his cherished owner from the icy cold were made clear following the catastrophe. Dog markings that were deeply etched on Quiros’s body revealed how desperately Talero had tried to fend off the cold, a moving example of the intensity of a dog’s love.

Despite the unfortunate end to Quiros’s voyage, his family took comfort in the knowing that he was not alone in his last moments. And when they were finally saved, snug in the safety of their car, they saw firsthand the unbreakable link that exists between a man and his beloved animal, a relationship that death itself could not break.

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