  ..underwater basket weaving apprentice. That only lasted until the circus left down. Then Ferla realized that escort services may be the way to go. He was having trouble with getting a break, as would any half man / half beast, but he persevered. His plans were to eventually break into acting and move to Hollywood. Soon after his basket weaving failed, Ferla began seeing visions of his deceased mother. In large grassy fields he would imagine her image there, and he would often call out to her, 
