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Hello and welcome to the program
UFO Warning. 

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In this episode, we're talking 
about Yaron the Chinese Bigfoot.

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That's correct. 
Yaron, the Chinese Bigfoot 

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that's spelled YERENI, think 
it's important that we look at 

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these Cryptid sightings the same
way we do with the UFOs on a 

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global scale, because these 
things are happening all over 

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the place. 
And if we just try to relegate 

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sightings to what happens in our
own country and here in the US, 

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it kind of gives us a little bit
of a myopic approach. 

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The truth is these things are a 
worldwide phenomena. 

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Now in the dense miscovered 
forest of Hubei Province, 

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Shingojia National Park, stories
of a creature known as the urine

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or Wildman have persisted for 
centuries. 

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Often compared to Bigfoot or the
Yeti, the urine is described as 

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a large bipedal ape like figure 
that roams China's remote 

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wilderness. 
Despite numerous reported 

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sightings, scientific 
expeditions and cultural 

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fascination, conclusive evidence
of the urine's existence remains

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elusive, leaving it the subject 
of intrigue and debate. 

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Sounds an awful like, awful lot 
like what's going on in this 

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country with Bigfoot. 
The urine is deeply embedded in 

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Chinese folklore, with 
references to hairy humanoid 

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beings appearing in ancient 
texts like the Shanghai Jing 

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Classic of Mountains and Seas, a
2000 year old compilation of 

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mythical creatures in geography.
Modern accounts, however, centre

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on Shenangia, A rugged, 
biodiverse region in Hubei known

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for its towering peaks and 
impenetrable forest. 

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Local communities have long 
shared tales of a creature that 

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walks upright, standing 6 to 8 
feet tall, covered in reddish 

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brown or black hair, with a face
resembling an ape but with human

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like features. 
Unlike Bigfoot in North America,

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which often captures attention 
through pop culture, the urine 

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holds a more nuanced place in 
Chinese society. 

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For some, it represents the 
untamed mystery of nature. 

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For others, it's a potential 
scientific discovery, an 

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undiscovered primate or a 
remnant of an extinct species. 

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We see the same thing happening 
with Bigfoot, especially among 

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our own native population. 
They see Bigfoot oftentimes as 

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kind of a spiritual thing. 
Now reports of urine sighting 

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stayed back for decades with a 
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century. 1976, one of the most 
widely publicized encounters 

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occurred in Shenangia when 6 
government officials claimed to 

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have spotted a reddish haired 
creature standing on a hillside.

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The group observed the figure 
for several minutes before it 

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disappeared into the forest, 
prompting A widespread media 

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coverage and government 
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Another notable incident took 
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province, where a former where a
farmer reported being confronted

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by a towering heavy creature 
with long arms and a guttural 

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growl. 
The farmer escaped unharmed but 

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later found unusual hair at the 
site, which was collected but 

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yielded inconclusive results 
when analyzed. 

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Isn't it interesting how it's 
always inconclusive when they 

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can't identify it? 
Most recently, in 2010, a 

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research team exploring Shinjia 
discovered a cave with broken 

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branches and hair samples 
suggesting possible habitation. 

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However, no definitive evidence 
linked to findings to an unknown

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species. 
Footprints, often measuring up 

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to 16 inches along with a human 
like shape, have been documented

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in multiple cases, but the 
skeptics argue these could be 

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loaned to bears or other large 
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YARN has drawn significant 
attention from researchers, 

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particularly during the 1970s 
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government funded large scale 
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Teams of scientists, military 
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scoured the forest, collecting 
hair, footprints and fecal 

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samples. 
While some hair samples defied 

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immediate classification, most 
were later identified as 

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belonging to known animals such 
as bears or monkeys, or two 

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degraded for conclusive 
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One prevailing theory links the 
urn to Gigantopithecus blackie, 

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an extinct giant ape that 
inhabited southern China until 

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100,000 years ago. 
Fossil evidence suggests 

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Giantopithecus stood about up to
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1000 lbs, making it a plausible 
candidate for the urine's 

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origins. 
Some cryptogeologists speculate 

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that a small population could 
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regions. 
However, mainstream scientists 

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counter that the lack of recent 
fossils and the ecological 

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challenges of sustaining such a 
population make this unlikely. 

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Alternative theories propose the
urine could be a surviving 

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hominid, such as a home, what 
erectus relative, or an unknown 

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primate species. 
Limited DNA analysis of alleged 

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year hair have occasionally 
hinted at unidentified primate 

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markers, but these findings 
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sample contamination or 
inconclusive results. 

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Skeptics attribute urine 
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or cultural influence. 
Shenzhen dense forest, often 

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shrouded in fog, can distort 
perceptions, leading to mistaken

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sightings of bears, Gibbons, or 
other wildlife. 

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Black bears in particular, are 
known to stand upright and could

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be mistaken for a humanoid 
figure and low visibility. 

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Additionally, the power of 
folklore may predispose 

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witnesses to interpret and 
biggest encounters as the urn. 

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Despite the lack of hard 
evidence, the urn's alert 

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persist. 
Chenangia National Park at 

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UNESCO World Heritage Site has 
capitalized on the legend, 

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promoting urine themed tourism 
to attract visitors. 

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Local guides offer tours to 
alleged sighting spots, and 

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museums display cast of supposed
urine footprints. 

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Whether the urine is a real 
creature and misidentified 

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animal or product of cultural 
imagination, the story endures 

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is a testament to humanity's 
fascination with the unknown. 

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For people of Shinjiya, the 
urine is more than a Cryptid. 

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It's a symbol of the region's 
wild, untamed beauty and a 

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reminder that even in the modern
age, nature's old secrets yet to

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be uncovered, the scientific 
tools advance and interest in 

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the urine persist. 
Researchers are enthusiast and 

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enthusiast continue to comb 
China's forest, hoping to catch 

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a glimpse of the elusive 
Wildman. 

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Until definitive proof emerges, 
the urine remains A compelling 

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mystery, straddling the line 
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That's one way of looking at it 
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I want to take a look at another
article here kind of building on

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this introduction that we just 
looked at This is from six 

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tone.com. 
It says in search of China's 

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Bigfoot retired cadres continue 
40 year mission to seek 

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Shenzie's savage despite white 
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This is dated August 15th, 2016 
by Nathan Jeb starts off. 

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It says the Jeep snaked its way 
across the verdant mountains of 

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Shenzhen in the early hours of 
the morning, carrying with it a 

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crew of five of the area's top 
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It was May 1976 and the group 
was returning to song Bay, a 

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small town in China's central 
Hubei province, after a day of 

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meetings about agricultural 
production. 7 hours away in 

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Yuan. 
At around 5:00 AM, Shen Li 

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Sheng, at the time the deputy 
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office, was startled to wake by 
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That's there's something up 
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Food was scarce and Shenzhou at 
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stumbled upon a wild sheep or 
goat, it would present a rare 

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chance to fill the stomach of 
several households. 

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But as the 29 year old Chen 
stared through his blurry eyes 

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at the animal standing in the 
car's headlight, he realized 

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that something wasn't right. 
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It was the same height as a tall
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legs. 
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numbers, Chen and the other 3 
passengers in the back jumped 

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out of the vehicle to surround 
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it. 
As the group came close, Chen 

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saw the animal's body was 
covered in red fur. 

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Frightened the animal grasp at 
the branches hanging over the 

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track to pull itself up onto the
slope beside the track, but 

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failed and fell down into 
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The four guy back in the car and
for the rest of the journey back

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tried and failed to make sense 
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The daily broadcast on the cars 
radio of the folk song Sing the 

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East is Red marked their arrival
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since that night, there have 
been a reported 200 sightings of

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a so-called yarn, literally a 
savage or wild person, Xingje's 

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very own Bigfoot. 
Despite a lack of conclusive 

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scientific evidence, Shenzhen's 
Bigfoot believers maintained to 

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this day that such a creature 
does exist. 

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Shen, now 70, is among them. 
Shenzhen, a region covering more

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than 3000 square kilometers, can
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Clouds often shroud the karst 
mountains that support a 

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primeval forest covering 96% of 
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Hidden beneath the mist of the 
forest canopy is an ecosystem of

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incredible biodiversity, home to
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the clouded leper, the Asian 
black bear and the bizarre 

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looking Chinese giant 
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For its human inhabitants, 
though, the region can be a 

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tough environment, especially in
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After graduating from Wuhan 
University, Chen was sent to 

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Xinjiang, where he and his 
colleagues were charged with 

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leading the various departments 
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They quickly found that there 
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was scarce. 
Chen survived mostly on corn 

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rice he says was a rare treat on
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Soft spoken Chinas drinking tea 
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capital Wuhan, and recalls how 
after the encounter he found the

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vice minister of the publicity 
department for Ying Yang 

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inviting him to visit the scene 
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When the pair inspected the 
scene, they found unusual 

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looking red hair, which they 
presumed belonged to the 

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unidentified creature. 
Chen decided to contact the 

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central government and send an 
800 word report to the Chinese 

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Academy of Sciences. 
The experts at CES deemed the 

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discovery significant. 
It was important that the 

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eyewitnesses were all 
high-ranking officials, Chen 

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says. 
As party members, we wouldn't 

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have lied. 
The experts at CES contacted the

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Hubei provincial provincial 
government and told them to give

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the issue their immediate 
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A year later, in 1977, they set 
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The group of more than 100 
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case. 
The team, which included experts

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from CAS, Wuhan University and 
soldiers, found a nest, fur and 

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large footprints, all of which 
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mystery animal. 
Ultimately, the investigation 

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did not result in any conclusive
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The failure of the investigation
of bear fruit came as no 

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surprise to Wang Shen, say, an 
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believer who was among Chinas 
first batch of archaeologists in

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the 1950s. 
Speaking about the head of the 

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investigation, military official
Wang Guxing, Wang says We knew 

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nothing about scientific 
research. 

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It isn't a surprise that Wang 
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Just a year before the CIS 
Commission project, the project 

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of 1977, he had been sought by 
the local government in Shenzhen

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to lead an investigation 
prompted by a farmers encounter 

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with an unidentified creature in
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But it was a small scale 
investigation with only thirty 

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members. 
In October, after only two 

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months, Wang was ordered to step
down and return to his position 

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as a low level civil servant to 
conduct government meetings as 

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the central leadership sought to
maintain stability following 

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Mao's death that September. 
But Wang's passion for the cause

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was never completely 
extinguished, and in 2009 he 

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established the Hubei Wildman 
Investigation Institute, of 

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which he is chairman. 
The private organizations 

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membership includes experts, 
officials and ordinary citizens.

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Although the association has no 
government backing, Wang 

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continues to view his quest as 
an unshakable duty. 

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His wife and son moved to 
Shanghai a long time ago, but he

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has stayed behind. 
I was supposed to enjoy my life 

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after I retired 20 years ago, 
but I stayed here due to my 

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sense of responsibility. 
His officials gave me this task,

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Wang says. 
I feel that I should devote 

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myself to this issue. 
At that time, public money was 

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funding the search for the 
Shangji savage. 

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The Hubei government and CES 
both supported the 1977 

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investigation. 
But over the years, these funds 

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have dried up. 
In 2009, Wang decided to 

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establish association in the 
hope of discovering definitively

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whether or not the Shangji 
savage exist. 

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But he discovered that the then 
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Bureau didn't believe in the 
savage, and as such, no public 

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money has been forthcoming. 
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struggling to raise funds to 
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Wang has approached 
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unwilling to provide money for 
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uncertainty of any return on 
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Wang insists that solving the 
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significant enough to be worthy 
of support. 

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Many people have seen it, he 
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We won't jump to reckless 
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But whatever name you give it, I
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exists. 
But Bigfoot believers aren't 

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just up against reluctant 
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They also face accusations that 
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increase interest in the area 
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Lo Young Ben, director of 
administration at the Change 

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Right National Nature Reserve, 
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be construed as an attempt to 
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Shinji isn't hyping things up 
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He says. 
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created the myth for their own 
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renown of the place. 
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Shinji, 45 year old Lua has 
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accounts of Bigfoot. 
He rattles them off with a 

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twinkling eye, gestling widely 
as if he were present for each. 

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Louis time eventually came in 
2008, when he claims he spotted 

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a female creature with a child. 
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journalist for a local 
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interviewing him. 
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time and promptly accused Lua of
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publicity to help the area's 
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But when Lua posted a story 
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response. 
People cursed me out. 

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He he laughs. 
But we aren't lying. 

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Well, I guess a deep person, 
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they do here. 
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however convinced the individual
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impossible to verify. 
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not one single Bigfoot fossil 
has ever been found, yet other 

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fossils are relatively abundant.
Zhao Lingzhai, ACS, expert in 

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pay ontology, the study of human
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believes the only reliable 
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For US paleanthropologist, we 
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existence of a species because a
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bones will not, she says. 
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evidence, Sal believes it is 
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Given that many Chinese people 
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doesn't make sense for the 
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human resources into this issue,
she says they have more 

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important things to do. 
Wang Shinsei is aware of the 

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case against Bigfoot believers 
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unmoved. 
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China Academy of Science reached
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having been there. 
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they claim to know all animals 
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It is improbable that such a 
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however, given that new species 
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Wang is confident that his 
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solve the mystery quickly with 
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cameras, infrared detectors, and
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But it's the cost of the 
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greatest barrier to realizing 
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Well, Wang's dedication to 
uncovering Xinjiang's Bigfoot 

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sees him living alone in his 
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from family. 
For Chin, the saga is mostly in 

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the past. 
Although he believes further 

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investigation into the insolved 
mystery is is necessary, he 

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hasn't let it take over his 
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mountain top sighting, Chin 
lives happily in retirement with

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his wife in the provincial 
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The quest to prove the existence
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have yet to bear fruit, but the 
legend has given Chen a gift, a 

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one-of-a-kind story. 
I have told the story to my 

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grandkids and I also told my son
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Chen smiles. 
He was amazed. 

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Yeah, what a cool story. 
I want to finish up with this 

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article from cnn.com of all 
places. 

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This title says Bigfoot sighting
in China Monday June 30th 2003 

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Beijing, China Chinese 
authorities are investigating 

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several apparent sightings of a 
legendary ape like beast at a 

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nature preserve in the central 
Hubei province. 

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The mythical creature suspected 
by locals to be a Bigfoot was 

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apparently seen by 6 people, 
including a journalist in the 

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Xinjiang Nature Reserve on 
Sunday afternoon, the state-run 

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Zhengyou news agency reported. 
Local legend has it that the 

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reserve is home to the half man,
half ape creature, but several 

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high profile researchers in the 
past three decades have failed 

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to find any evidence of its 
existence. 

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Speculation the Bigfoot could be
a descendant of apes mounted 

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after China's state media 
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scientists had found fossilized 
teeth of giant primates in the 

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area. 
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the creature as a grayish ape 
like animal, the Zhenua report 

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said. 
About 1.65 meters tall with 

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shoulder length black hair. 
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journalist and five others was 
making a turn when the occupants

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saw the creature moving fast 
across the road, the Zenyat 

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report said. 
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stopped, the animal had 
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The passengers found several 30 
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footprints and newly broken 
branches in the jungle near the 

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road. 
They also claim to have 

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discovered a 10 foot patch of 
foul smelling urine like liquid 

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on the road where the creature 
was seen. 

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While some scientists theorize 
your creature could be the 

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missing link between primates 
and humans, other hypothesis say

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it may be a bear, monkey or an 
elaborate hoax. 

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You just got to wonder who'd 
have time to perform an 

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elaborate hoax like that in 
China where they're talking 

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about Naive having enough food 
to eat. 

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I just think this is really cool
sightings, especially when you 

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consider probably we're not 
getting some of the very best 

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ones reported. 
We're talking about an area 

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that's that's undoubtedly 
sheltered far away from the 

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major cities and nightlife in a,
in a, in a country that's still 

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fairly well closed off any way 
you look at it. 

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Very cool reports. 
Until next time, this is UFO 

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warning over and out.