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The Yeren of Shennongjia

China · Shennongjia, Hubei (China)
The Yeren of Shennongjia
Rolf Müller · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

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.

Where it is

Shennongjia, Hubei (China)
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The source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeren