Shennongjia Yeren Reports

Record summary

The Shennongjia yeren investigations concern reports of a large, hairy, humanlike animal in the forests of Hubei, especially during organized searches and publicized expeditions from the 1970s onward. Alleged footprints, hair, sounds, and eyewitness testimony have been collected, but no accepted specimen has established an unknown primate. The subject matters for comparison with wildman traditions because it combines local accounts, Chinese scientific investigation, international cryptozoology, and the possibility of misidentified bears or other wildlife. Its evidential status remains disputed.