My Life As A Deer

When still a teenager, Geoffroy Delorme dropped out of his lonely childhood to live among the deer and other animals in the woods of Normandy – and stayed for seven years. What did it do to him?

For some time, a fox has been sleeping in our garden. One evening I decide to follow it across the fields at the back of our house and into the forest. I step inside 10 meters, then 10 more – just enough to feel a shiver of adrenaline before turning on my heels. After that first visit, I venture a little further each evening. As soon as the house is asleep, I open my bedroom window, slip behind the hedge and cross the field to the big trees and the bustle of the animals… read more >