Forest Boy Speaks - First Words Are I Want To Meet Bat Boy

Is anyone else thinking this whole forest boy thing in Germany is a hoax? Here is a kid who is 17, apparently has been living in the woods for five years and speaks only English. If you have not heard the story, the short version is that this boy named Ray came out of the woods the other day and approached guards at Berlin City Hall carrying a backpack, tent and sleeping bag. My first question is why he did not stop a policeman on the way to city hall and instead walked all the way there. Second, this would mean the kid was 12 when supposedly he went into the woods with his father who died about two weeks ago. Ray buried his dad on a shallow grave which has yet to be found. Ray then walked for two weeks until he got to city hall. Apparently Ray is having trouble adjusting to sleeping on a real bed and using soap and eating proper food. Ray is presumed to be British.