 The incidents based on true life, as reported by Dr. Itard and as  shown by Truffaut, include the facts that: (1) Victor was captured  by hunters. (2) Pinel did conclude and dismiss Victor as a helpless  retarded child, "an incurable idiot." (3) Crowds of Parisians really  did come to see the "Wild Boy of Aveyron." (4) Victor really did  prefer the "O" sound, and accepted the name Victor, which in French  has an accent on the "O" [veek