What Is Monstrosity?

The label Monster is thought by some to be a way for society to deem a person as incompatible with our world. People such as Fedor Jeftichu, who was also known as Jojo the dog-faced boy, were born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1868 with a condition called hypertricosis. The hair on his head was dark blonde, light reddish on the forehead and pale yellow gray on the lower part of his face. Those affected by hypertricosis grow hair all over their face and often their body, hence its other name. When Fedor was very young, he toured as a sideshow act with his father Adrian, who also had been born with