The 2018 Arunachal Pradesh “Yeti” or wild-man reports

Record summary

Accounts from Arunachal Pradesh in the late 2010s described large hairy figures, tracks, or unexplained signs in remote forest and mountain areas, sometimes using the Yeti or wild-man label. The lead matters because Arunachal contains diverse Indigenous traditions and comparatively underdocumented frontier landscapes, making translation and media selection especially important. It is not a consolidated case and may encompass unrelated reports. Researchers should identify the district, community terminology, witnesses, and whether the story originated in a newspaper, television program, wildlife official statement, or expedition blog.