It was not a mythological creature found by rescuers in the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve last Saturday, but one Beijing tourist who lost his way in a cave last week while searching for Bigfoot.
Instead of showing relief, 28-year-old Tsinghua University graduate Jiang Suyou said he hoped to stay in the Hubei Province nature reserve for one more day to wait for the legendary half-human, half-ape, asking the rescue team to come back the next day.
"We carried the physically weak man out of the cave and had him sent to the hospital," said Tang Guangzhi, the head of the forest public security bureau for Shennongjia Nature Reserve.
Over 300 personnel spent three days tracking the lost tourist in the reserve before they found him Saturday morning.
"It was very difficult to locate him in the virgin forest," Tang said.
A recent campaign to find Bigfoot, initiated by the Hubei Wild Man Research Association, has increased the number of daily visitors to the reserve to 250. In previous years, few tourists would visit during the cold season.
"This puts a lot of pressure on our daily work," Tang said.
Yin Benshun, vice president of the Hubei Wild Man Research Association, told the Global Times that he and other researchers have already gathered enough evidence to prove the existence of several legendary creatures, including the wild man, the snake with a rooster's comb, the donkey-headed wolf, the double-sized, all-yellow tiger and the griffin. He said they will reveal more details at a press conference on December 11.
"The yearlong exploration needs 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) and some 50 people to work in five teams," Yin said. "But since the funds are not in place, we haven't begun our search."
The existence of the wild man remains hotly debated.
"There's no wild man in China!" said Zhou Guoxing, a paleoanthropologist at the Beijing Museum of Natural History.
Zhou said he went to the Shennongjia area for eight months to look for the wild man in 1977. He is convinced, he said, that the legendary creature only exists in people's minds.
"The association is searching for money," Zhou said, "under the banner of searching for the wild man."
Witnesses claiming to have seen the wild man in Shennongjia described it as over two meters tall and covered in gray, red or black hair.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences carried out three massive expeditions in search of Bigfoot between 1976 and 1981, according to Xinhua News Agency. The searches took place in the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, a 70,187 hectare virgin forest in Hubei Province.
By Fang Yunyu Source: Global Times
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
Wild man elusive, Beijing man found
It was not a mythological creature found by rescuers in the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve last Saturday, but one Beijing tourist who lost his way in a cave last week while searching for Bigfoot.
Instead of showing relief, 28-year-old Tsinghua University graduate Jiang Suyou said he hoped to stay in the Hubei Province nature reserve for one more day to wait for the legendary half-human, half-ape, asking the rescue team to come back the next day.
"We carried the physically weak man out of the cave and had him sent to the hospital," said Tang Guangzhi, the head of the forest public security bureau for Shennongjia Nature Reserve.
Over 300 personnel spent three days tracking the lost tourist in the reserve before they found him Saturday morning.
"It was very difficult to locate him in the virgin forest," Tang said.
A recent campaign to find Bigfoot, initiated by the Hubei Wild Man Research Association, has increased the number of daily visitors to the reserve to 250. In previous years, few tourists would visit during the cold season.
"This puts a lot of pressure on our daily work," Tang said.
Yin Benshun, vice president of the Hubei Wild Man Research Association, told the Global Times that he and other researchers have already gathered enough evidence to prove the existence of several legendary creatures, including the wild man, the snake with a rooster's comb, the donkey-headed wolf, the double-sized, all-yellow tiger and the griffin. He said they will reveal more details at a press conference on December 11.
"The yearlong exploration needs 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) and some 50 people to work in five teams," Yin said. "But since the funds are not in place, we haven't begun our search."
The existence of the wild man remains hotly debated.
"There's no wild man in China!" said Zhou Guoxing, a paleoanthropologist at the Beijing Museum of Natural History.
Zhou said he went to the Shennongjia area for eight months to look for the wild man in 1977. He is convinced, he said, that the legendary creature only exists in people's minds.
"The association is searching for money," Zhou said, "under the banner of searching for the wild man."
Witnesses claiming to have seen the wild man in Shennongjia described it as over two meters tall and covered in gray, red or black hair.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences carried out three massive expeditions in search of Bigfoot between 1976 and 1981, according to Xinhua News Agency. The searches took place in the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, a 70,187 hectare virgin forest in Hubei Province.
By Fang Yunyu Source: Global Times
Instead of showing relief, 28-year-old Tsinghua University graduate Jiang Suyou said he hoped to stay in the Hubei Province nature reserve for one more day to wait for the legendary half-human, half-ape, asking the rescue team to come back the next day.
"We carried the physically weak man out of the cave and had him sent to the hospital," said Tang Guangzhi, the head of the forest public security bureau for Shennongjia Nature Reserve.
Over 300 personnel spent three days tracking the lost tourist in the reserve before they found him Saturday morning.
"It was very difficult to locate him in the virgin forest," Tang said.
A recent campaign to find Bigfoot, initiated by the Hubei Wild Man Research Association, has increased the number of daily visitors to the reserve to 250. In previous years, few tourists would visit during the cold season.
"This puts a lot of pressure on our daily work," Tang said.
Yin Benshun, vice president of the Hubei Wild Man Research Association, told the Global Times that he and other researchers have already gathered enough evidence to prove the existence of several legendary creatures, including the wild man, the snake with a rooster's comb, the donkey-headed wolf, the double-sized, all-yellow tiger and the griffin. He said they will reveal more details at a press conference on December 11.
"The yearlong exploration needs 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) and some 50 people to work in five teams," Yin said. "But since the funds are not in place, we haven't begun our search."
The existence of the wild man remains hotly debated.
"There's no wild man in China!" said Zhou Guoxing, a paleoanthropologist at the Beijing Museum of Natural History.
Zhou said he went to the Shennongjia area for eight months to look for the wild man in 1977. He is convinced, he said, that the legendary creature only exists in people's minds.
"The association is searching for money," Zhou said, "under the banner of searching for the wild man."
Witnesses claiming to have seen the wild man in Shennongjia described it as over two meters tall and covered in gray, red or black hair.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences carried out three massive expeditions in search of Bigfoot between 1976 and 1981, according to Xinhua News Agency. The searches took place in the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, a 70,187 hectare virgin forest in Hubei Province.
By Fang Yunyu Source: Global Times
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Wolfman’s ‘lair’ discovered
Oct 10 2010 by Rachael Misstear, Wales On Sunday
THE hunt for a West Wales “wolfman” is back on – after walkers stumbled across what is thought to be his lair.
The unknown vagrant – dubbed the Wolfman after years of living wild in Carmarthenshire woods – was linked to a spate of food and clothing thefts from a village last year.
So far police have caught nothing more than glimpses of the straggly figure, as he evaded capture in the woods around Pantyffynon tips near Ammanford.
But officers from the Dyfed-Powys force this week confirmed they are looking into possible fresh sightings after walkers reported stumbling across a woodland shack stuffed with food, clothes and electrical equipment.
Builder John Jones, 43, who lives in Pantyffynon, said the new development was the talk of the area.
“We’ve been told that some walkers found a tin shed full of food and clothes, so we assume that is one of his hideouts,” he said.
“Lots of people have been looking for where he is, but the woodland is so dense it’s not an easy place to search.
“There have been one or two sightings of this longhaired, bearded person who is so scruffy and unkept, he’s like a wild man.
“Last year people started saying how their milk was disappearing and food was taken from freezers in out-buildings.
“When one of the villagers spotted a man creeping around outside her house and saw him steal her milk that made people nervous and the police got involved.
“Since then there’s been lots of odd sightings of him and more milk has gone.”
David Thomas, a carpenter from Tycroes, said: “A lot of the lads around here have seen him. He’s scruffy with dirty clothes and lots of dark hair.
“I was working at a site near the woods once and saw him hiding in the hedge. I think he was watching us, I have no idea why. It’s all very strange.”
The sightings have even sparked a bizarre paranormal investigation – into the possibility of a werewolf on the loose.
Gwilym Games, regional representative for Wales for the Centre for Fortean Zoology — an organisation dedicated to the investigation of unknown and out of place animals — said: “There is a long history of werewolves in Wales and even an earlier mention in the Amman valley.” But his search proved fruitless.
“I turned up very little during my hunt. I did manage to talk to a couple of locals but they dismissed it as just a tramp.”
It is thought the figure may have lived in the wild for up to four years, but only turned to crime after a harsh winter.
Inspector Paul Williams, of Dyfed-Powys Police, said: “We have had a report from a member of the public and we are now following that up with officers making enquiries.”
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/10/10/wolfman-s-lair-discovered-91466-27439597/
THE hunt for a West Wales “wolfman” is back on – after walkers stumbled across what is thought to be his lair.
The unknown vagrant – dubbed the Wolfman after years of living wild in Carmarthenshire woods – was linked to a spate of food and clothing thefts from a village last year.
So far police have caught nothing more than glimpses of the straggly figure, as he evaded capture in the woods around Pantyffynon tips near Ammanford.
But officers from the Dyfed-Powys force this week confirmed they are looking into possible fresh sightings after walkers reported stumbling across a woodland shack stuffed with food, clothes and electrical equipment.
Builder John Jones, 43, who lives in Pantyffynon, said the new development was the talk of the area.
“We’ve been told that some walkers found a tin shed full of food and clothes, so we assume that is one of his hideouts,” he said.
“Lots of people have been looking for where he is, but the woodland is so dense it’s not an easy place to search.
“There have been one or two sightings of this longhaired, bearded person who is so scruffy and unkept, he’s like a wild man.
“Last year people started saying how their milk was disappearing and food was taken from freezers in out-buildings.
“When one of the villagers spotted a man creeping around outside her house and saw him steal her milk that made people nervous and the police got involved.
“Since then there’s been lots of odd sightings of him and more milk has gone.”
David Thomas, a carpenter from Tycroes, said: “A lot of the lads around here have seen him. He’s scruffy with dirty clothes and lots of dark hair.
“I was working at a site near the woods once and saw him hiding in the hedge. I think he was watching us, I have no idea why. It’s all very strange.”
The sightings have even sparked a bizarre paranormal investigation – into the possibility of a werewolf on the loose.
Gwilym Games, regional representative for Wales for the Centre for Fortean Zoology — an organisation dedicated to the investigation of unknown and out of place animals — said: “There is a long history of werewolves in Wales and even an earlier mention in the Amman valley.” But his search proved fruitless.
“I turned up very little during my hunt. I did manage to talk to a couple of locals but they dismissed it as just a tramp.”
It is thought the figure may have lived in the wild for up to four years, but only turned to crime after a harsh winter.
Inspector Paul Williams, of Dyfed-Powys Police, said: “We have had a report from a member of the public and we are now following that up with officers making enquiries.”
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/10/10/wolfman-s-lair-discovered-91466-27439597/
Wolfman’s ‘lair’ discovered
Oct 10 2010 by Rachael Misstear, Wales On Sunday
THE hunt for a West Wales “wolfman” is back on – after walkers stumbled across what is thought to be his lair.
The unknown vagrant – dubbed the Wolfman after years of living wild in Carmarthenshire woods – was linked to a spate of food and clothing thefts from a village last year.
So far police have caught nothing more than glimpses of the straggly figure, as he evaded capture in the woods around Pantyffynon tips near Ammanford.
But officers from the Dyfed-Powys force this week confirmed they are looking into possible fresh sightings after walkers reported stumbling across a woodland shack stuffed with food, clothes and electrical equipment.
Builder John Jones, 43, who lives in Pantyffynon, said the new development was the talk of the area.
“We’ve been told that some walkers found a tin shed full of food and clothes, so we assume that is one of his hideouts,” he said.
“Lots of people have been looking for where he is, but the woodland is so dense it’s not an easy place to search.
“There have been one or two sightings of this longhaired, bearded person who is so scruffy and unkept, he’s like a wild man.
“Last year people started saying how their milk was disappearing and food was taken from freezers in out-buildings.
“When one of the villagers spotted a man creeping around outside her house and saw him steal her milk that made people nervous and the police got involved.
“Since then there’s been lots of odd sightings of him and more milk has gone.”
David Thomas, a carpenter from Tycroes, said: “A lot of the lads around here have seen him. He’s scruffy with dirty clothes and lots of dark hair.
“I was working at a site near the woods once and saw him hiding in the hedge. I think he was watching us, I have no idea why. It’s all very strange.”
The sightings have even sparked a bizarre paranormal investigation – into the possibility of a werewolf on the loose.
Gwilym Games, regional representative for Wales for the Centre for Fortean Zoology — an organisation dedicated to the investigation of unknown and out of place animals — said: “There is a long history of werewolves in Wales and even an earlier mention in the Amman valley.” But his search proved fruitless.
“I turned up very little during my hunt. I did manage to talk to a couple of locals but they dismissed it as just a tramp.”
It is thought the figure may have lived in the wild for up to four years, but only turned to crime after a harsh winter.
Inspector Paul Williams, of Dyfed-Powys Police, said: “We have had a report from a member of the public and we are now following that up with officers making enquiries.”
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/10/10/wolfman-s-lair-discovered-91466-27439597/
THE hunt for a West Wales “wolfman” is back on – after walkers stumbled across what is thought to be his lair.
The unknown vagrant – dubbed the Wolfman after years of living wild in Carmarthenshire woods – was linked to a spate of food and clothing thefts from a village last year.
So far police have caught nothing more than glimpses of the straggly figure, as he evaded capture in the woods around Pantyffynon tips near Ammanford.
But officers from the Dyfed-Powys force this week confirmed they are looking into possible fresh sightings after walkers reported stumbling across a woodland shack stuffed with food, clothes and electrical equipment.
Builder John Jones, 43, who lives in Pantyffynon, said the new development was the talk of the area.
“We’ve been told that some walkers found a tin shed full of food and clothes, so we assume that is one of his hideouts,” he said.
“Lots of people have been looking for where he is, but the woodland is so dense it’s not an easy place to search.
“There have been one or two sightings of this longhaired, bearded person who is so scruffy and unkept, he’s like a wild man.
“Last year people started saying how their milk was disappearing and food was taken from freezers in out-buildings.
“When one of the villagers spotted a man creeping around outside her house and saw him steal her milk that made people nervous and the police got involved.
“Since then there’s been lots of odd sightings of him and more milk has gone.”
David Thomas, a carpenter from Tycroes, said: “A lot of the lads around here have seen him. He’s scruffy with dirty clothes and lots of dark hair.
“I was working at a site near the woods once and saw him hiding in the hedge. I think he was watching us, I have no idea why. It’s all very strange.”
The sightings have even sparked a bizarre paranormal investigation – into the possibility of a werewolf on the loose.
Gwilym Games, regional representative for Wales for the Centre for Fortean Zoology — an organisation dedicated to the investigation of unknown and out of place animals — said: “There is a long history of werewolves in Wales and even an earlier mention in the Amman valley.” But his search proved fruitless.
“I turned up very little during my hunt. I did manage to talk to a couple of locals but they dismissed it as just a tramp.”
It is thought the figure may have lived in the wild for up to four years, but only turned to crime after a harsh winter.
Inspector Paul Williams, of Dyfed-Powys Police, said: “We have had a report from a member of the public and we are now following that up with officers making enquiries.”
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/10/10/wolfman-s-lair-discovered-91466-27439597/
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