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Aspectifer
Since: Apr, 2014
2015-10-27 15:28:28
Sounds like Birdy
, though the man in question is a traumatised Vietnam veteran (in the novel it's based on he's a World War 2 veteran).

A mentally retarded man has come to the conclusion that he's a pigeon. His childhood friend is summoned in an attempt to talk some sense into him