OK y'all here's my theory.
This summer in Philadelphia, I was getting into writing FHFIF fics and was doing some homework on Wikipedia. The article on Wilt, under the subheading "History," says that the marks on the sides of his face
are stitches and that (and I quote), "It is still unknown how he got his scars, but they seem to have been acquired shortly thereafter." (Here's the link if you want to look this up for yourself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilt_%28Foster%27s%29.
From the info in that article, I developed my own fanfic. Originally, it was
strictly to explain the scars, but it ended up evolving to the point of covering Wilt's life after the basketball game in "Good Wilt Hunting" to stopping just short of when he arrived at Foster's. Here's that link:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3792742/...mes_of_My_Life.)
I kinda like Wilt with the scars-- they give him character and it gives people like me (who have active imaginations and crushes on Wilt-- I won't deny it!) someting to think about and toy with.