Jesus 'Chuy' Aceves woke up one morning to discover another one of his family's cats has been murdered. Then on his way to...
Jesus 'Chuy' Aceves woke up one morning to discover another one of his family's cats has been murdered.
Then on his way to work at a Mexican building site, he was howled at by strangers who jeered at him, calling him names like 'satanic beast', before whipping out their cameras to take pictures of him.
This is a normal day in the life of the 'Wolf Man' who became a world-famous circus performer whose entire face is covered in thick, black hair.
His entire family of 30 are all covered in the same dark fur as him - and cruelly shunned in their home town of Loreto, north-west Mexico, because of it.
But Chuy, who has starred in several documentaries, TV reports and attractions about his genetic disorder, has now told of how locals tell them to 'go live in the woods', slay their pets to get them to leave and 'cross themselves' when they walk past - as if they were demons.
The children of the 'hairiest family in the world' refuse to have more kids for fear they will suffer the same cruelty if they do. Even Chuy's daughter Karla admits it would be 'difficult to bring someone like me into the world'.
Their suffering has been witnessed by filmmaker Eva Aridjis who spent months filming them for a new, heart-wrenching documentary about their 'cursed' lives.
'Chuy comes and goes from the touring life,' said Eva, whose documentary 'Chuy: The Wolf Man' premieres in Mexico City on September 25.
Wolf pack: Former circus performer Jesus 'Chuy' Aceves (left, with his nephews) was nicknamed the 'Wolf Man' because of the think, dark hair that covers his entire face
Happy family: Chuy (left) has travelled the world with the circus since he was 13 but when he heard his wife Victoria (right) was having an affair and his daughters Karla and Araceli (centre) missed him terribly, he packed it in.
Public property: A new documentary called 'Chuy: The Wolf Man' shows how people gawk and take pictures of him (above) everywhere he goes and how he and his family are shunned in their hometown of Loreto, north-west Mexico
