One Man's Inspiring Story most China's Bigfoot

At historic menstruation 62, Li Guohua, silent looks for the Chinese Wildman.  

"Although I have got seen the Wildman several times, I couldn't tape it because it escaped every bit good fast, in addition to I didn't have got a practiced photographic television receiver camera to tape faraway objects. Besides, it is every bit good exhausting for a unmarried homo to search inward such a large area." -- Li Guohua, Yeren Researcher

The Chinese version of Bigfoot is called YeRen (野人). It directly translates to Wild Man. Today at Chinese Daily y'all tin read an article of a 62 year-old homo who has been searching for the Wild Man for xxx years. This is a touching storey dissimilar whatsoever Chinese-Yeren-Hubei Province-Shennongjia Region storey nosotros have got shared amongst y'all in addition to then far. Its a fiddling to a greater extent than personal.

In 2010 nosotros shared the storey nigh the Hubei Wild Man Research Association looking for 100 scientist in addition to explorers. Later that twelvemonth nosotros shared the Yeti pilus interrogation yesteryear The Shennongjia Nature Reserve. More recently, before this twelvemonth nosotros announced China to Explore Virgin Forest Home of 'Bigfoot'. 

Now y'all tin read a storey nigh a man, non an institution, a homo who's storey is real similar to many Bigfooters hither inward the North America.

Cooking a repast inward 1980. 

One homo has made it his life mission to rails downward the mysterious 'Wildman' that is said to last roaming the mountains of Shennongjia. Wang Xiaodong reports inward Shennongjia, Hubei province.

For the yesteryear 3 decades, Li Guohua has had merely 1 mission inward life: to uncovering the legendary "Wildman" inward the thick forests of Hubei province.

He can't recall how many times he almost lost his life to unexpected cold, falling into canyons or fighting bears. He was fifty-fifty false yesteryear police clitoris for beingness an armed fugitive when trying to line the ape-like Wildman inward the mountains of Shennongjia, the scene of numerous witness reports of this elusive ape-man.

The retired 62-year-old firmly believes inward the existence of Wildman in addition to plans to organize an exploration team.

"Although I am non every bit vigorous every bit I used to be, I am silent rigid plenty to climb mountains in addition to amongst my sense I tin guide immature squad members," he says. "I am certain I volition uncovering a Wildman in addition to last able to supply solid show if I tin teach back upwards from others."

Born inward Yichang, Hubei province, Li says he has ever been a curious person. "I was fascinated yesteryear the wilderness in addition to forests when I was a child."

"When I was a boy, I would perish to the woods close my habitation whenever I had a chance. I would roam at that spot for hours, hunting birds in addition to tasting different wild fruits, in addition to hurried dorsum habitation solely when it began to teach dark."

Li's origin meet amongst the Wildman was inward 1972, when he constitute several "big footprints" spell working inward Muyu town every bit a logger.

"I had heard many stories nigh the Wildman. After I saw the large footprints my curiosity soared in addition to I was convinced at that spot must last such a creature inward the forest."

Four years after he was working every bit an histrion when he started his search.

"I heard 5 officials encountered a foreign creature when driving on a mount road. Locals talked nigh this for several days in addition to I constitute it difficult to calm down."

As his beau performers inward the troupe traveled to Wuhan for training, Li took off on his ain upwards the mountain, amongst merely some biscuits, a rope in addition to steel bar.

He didn't uncovering a Wildman but it was his origin of many adventures.

"Whenever wintertime came, I merely could non resist the temptation in addition to would involuntarily uncovering myself inward forests. It was similar I was enchanted," he says.

Li made his journeys of exploration generally inward wintertime every bit the lite is amend because the leaves have got fallen, enabling him to uncovering the creature's tracks. He spent days, fifty-fifty months, inward the forest.

"To uncovering a Wildman, y'all have got to teach a Wildman first. Like wild animals, the Wildman's senses are to a greater extent than acuate than human beings in addition to they tin easily uncovering an approaching person."

Li pours scorn on the large-scale scientific discipline exploration teams that are occasionally organized to search for the creature.

"These guys volition never uncovering anything novel similar a Wildman every bit they brand every bit good much noise, fifty-fifty if they are good equipped. To uncovering a Wildman, y'all have got to alive inward the mountains in addition to merge amongst nature."

Spending fourth dimension lone inward harsh weather condition comes slowly to Li, who says he has been a loner since he was a child.

Speaking of beingness lone inward the mountains, he says: "The solitude was in addition to then rigid sometimes I became numb to the exterior world. In addition, at that spot was physical weakness caused yesteryear mutual coldness in addition to fatigue. Sometimes, I was gripped yesteryear illusions in addition to felt I could almost reckon Death."

Years of unrelenting effort, however, did convey some vantage every bit Li saw the Wildman in addition to its footprints on several occasions.

"It was the 2nd that I tin never forget," he says of his origin meet amongst the beast, on February 28, 1980.

The Wildman appeared to last chasing him, Li says, maybe because it idea he was prey.

"I hid behind some trees in addition to tried difficult to incorporate my violently beating heart, closing my eyes for a spell hoping I could reckon it to a greater extent than clearly later," he says.

As the creature came nearer, he could reckon clearly it resembled both a homo in addition to an ape. It was nigh 2.6 meters tall, amongst ruby pilus all over its body, no tail, 2 arms waving every bit it walked similar a man.

He was horrified but fifty-fifty in addition to then aimed his gun in addition to pulled the trigger. But it failed to fire, every bit the accuse was damp. He did non have got a camera.

The creature turned unopen to in addition to ran swiftly toward a bamboo forest.

"Seeing the creature disappear, I collapsed on the snowy ground."

"When I returned haggard to the fine art troupe in addition to saw my colleagues, I tried to say hullo but could non retrieve their names, every bit I had been cutting off from society for every bit good long."

Since retiring a few years ago, Li's identify unit of measurement of 3 has been relying on his monthly pension of nigh 2,000 yuan ($313). However, Li silent continues the search.

"Once I have a witness study from the villagers, I straightaway perish to the scene amongst them to cheque it out."

He blames lack of equipment in addition to manpower on his inability to supply show of the creature's existence.

"Although I have got seen the Wildman several times, I couldn't tape it because it escaped every bit good fast, in addition to I didn't have got a practiced photographic television receiver camera to tape faraway objects. Besides, it is every bit good exhausting for a unmarried homo to search inward such a large area."

He has published a majority nigh his travails, amongst the assist of Beijing Book House Technology & Culture Co.

"Li is a fiddling obstinate in addition to non real sociable," says Wang Wei, a marketing director of the company. "But he is real focused on his pursuit. It is non slowly inward modern society, when many people merely follow the trends in addition to oftentimes shift focus."

"I promise I tin uncovering a sponsor in addition to some volunteers in addition to then that I tin perish on amongst the search," Li says. "I have got devoted all my life to the search in addition to I promise I tin seat an destination to this mystery in addition to then that I tin last relieved before the destination of my life."

Contact the author at wangxiaodong@chinadaily.com.cn.

Zhou Lihua inward Wuhan contributed to this story.

(China Daily 08/16/2012 page20)

CORRECTION: Initially nosotros have got stated that (野人) was translated every bit YaJin. We got this from Google interpret (http://translate.google.com/#en/zh-CN/wild%20man). If y'all click the good is is undeniably "Ya Jin". H5N1 fluent speaker has commented that this is incorrect. However, for what it is worth, YaJin is the Japanese discussion for the Yeti spelled inward katakana every bit (やじん)..

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