Berlin (CNN) -- The story of the so-called ForestBoy -- a riddle that has perplexed people in Germany and elsewhere for months -- is a lie, police in Germany said Friday.
On a starry night 55 years ago, deep in a remote forest of northern India, a 4-year-old boy nicknamed "sher baccha" (Hindi for "tiger cub") rode safely in the arms of his father, who carried him into the moist air.