The Lady of the Lake: Sri Lanka’s neighbour, the Yeren

China’s wild man. The yeren is reported from the forested Shennongjia mountains of Hubei, a tall red-haired hominid seen by, among others, local officials and a 1970s state-backed expedition that found hair and footprints but nothing conclusive; analysis identified the hair as human or from known animals. Shennongjia itself is a UNESCO World Heritage forest of genuine biological richness. Told as folklore, with the evidence stated.