In 1828, a very strange boy walked into Nuremberg. He was well fed and healthy-looking, but seemed dazed and confused, and unable to understand much of what was said to him. He spoke intelligibly, albeit not intelligently, and was able to convey that his name was Kaspar Hauser and that he wanted to enlist as a trooper in the local regiment. The military did not know what to do with this extraordinary recruit, however, and since no one knew who Kaspar was, he was imprisoned as a vagabond in the Luginsland prison tower. The warder was amazed that his charge ate only black bread and drank only water, refusing any other food.