Wildman, China’s Version of Bigfoot: Sightings, Scientific Tests, Theories

Dozens of scientists from high-level institutions in China have studied Yeren evidence. In 1980, more than 100 investigators were even sent on an expedition into the heart of “Yeren territory.”

Are reported sightings of China's version of Bigfoot, Yeren, perhaps referring to people with unusual conditions such as Li Baoshu shown here in the 1920s, who was born with a condition that caused him to grow hair excessively? (Public domain) Background: Shennongjia nature reserve in China, where most Yeren sightings have occurred. Vmenkov/Wikimedia Commons; edited by Epoch Times

All over the world are similar reports of a large creature that is ape-like, yet walks upright on two feet and displays other human characteristics.

In North America, we know him as Sasquatch or Bigfoot. In China, he is called Yeren, or Wildman. Dozens of scientists from high-level institutions in China have studied Yeren evidence. In 1980, more than 100 investigators were even sent on an expedition into the heart of “Yeren territory.”

Shennongjia nature reserve covers some 1,900 square miles (3,000 square kilometers) in a remote corner of Hubei Province. It is a rugged area with mountains as high as 10,000 feet and deep valleys. It is where the vast majority of Yeren sightings have been reported.

Virgin forest at approximately 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) above sea level in Shennongjia nature reserve in Hubei, China, on Oct. 3, 2012. Evilbish/Wikimedia Commons