Chinese Bigfoot Expedition: What the News is not Reporting

The Shennongjia Nature Reserve in China's Hubei Province,

The Chinese Bigfoot expedition is all over the news. Mostly, it is the same report literally reprinted word-for-word. While the headlines sayBigfoot, the copy says otherwise:

A group of 38 experts from several universities and research institutions will begin the expedition on July 8, according to a statement from the Shennongjia Nature Reserve's management bureau.

 The trip is scheduled to last through August, the statement said.

The group will focus on studying the region's animals, plants and land features and will publish its research results later, it said.

Even GhostTheory.com seems to marginalize the Bigfoot aspect:

Is China taking the lead in Crypto-Zoology research? Well, no probably not...While the expedition being launched is not necessarily specific to Yeren research, at least it is acknowledged to be a potential item on the agenda.

As you loyal readers of Bigfoot Lunch Club may remember, this is a large effort specifically in search of the Yeren. Two years ago on October 9th of 2010 we announced, "Scientists to look for China's Bigfoot" and followed up with, "Chinese Plan to find Bigfoot is muddy"

The gist of both articles was that the Hubei Wild Man Research Association is very serious about the the Yeren search and completely devoted. The Founder, Wang Shancai is quoted with specific details:

"We encourage any companies, social groups and the public to donate or cooperate with us and contribute to the reso-lution of this long-term mystery," said Wang, who is also a researcher with the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology.

The planned year-long exploration needs 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) and some 50 people to work in small teams.

The exploration will focus on the area around the Shennongjia Natural Reserve, a 76,950-hectare forest in Hubei Province. Wireless cameras will be installed in caves to capture tracks of Bigfoot.

This is the same Wang Shancai who is heading the expedition you are reading about in today's news, he also part of the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics. And this is the same Hubei Wild Man Research Association from which the vice-president, Luo Baosheng claims, "(we are) comprised of more than 100 scientists and explorers who have been chasing the ape-like animal for years. The last time a organized search took place was in the early 1980s,"
So don't let the watered down media fool you into thinking this is a small undergoing. It is a $1.5 million year-long expedition to find the Chinese Bigfoot known as the Yeren.

Destination Truth looks for the Vietnamese Bigfoot, Nguoi Rung

A FLIR thermal of a possible Nguoi Rung a/k/a Vietnamese Bigfoot

The season 5 opener of Syfy's "Destination Truth", airs this Tuesday, July 10th, at 8/7c. The premier episode will follow Josh Gates and his team as they hunt for Vietnam's Bigfoot a/ka Nguoi Rung. Watch the video trailer of the season 5 premier episode below.

Our interactive Bigfoot variant map has a listing on the Nguoi Rung. read the following entry from our map. 

Nguoi Rung ("forest man") is a creature said to inhabit Vietnam, reputedly similar to the bigfoot, sometimes also known as "forest people". It is described as being approximately six feet tall and covered with hair except in the knees, the soles of the feet, the hands, and the face. The hair ranges in color from gray to brown to black. The creature walks on two legs and has been reported both solitary and moving in small groups. The creature is most often sighted foraging for food from fruits and leaves to langers and even flying foxes.

Two Nguoi Rung were reportedly captured by tribesmen near Dak Lak Province in 1971. In 1974 a North Vietnamese general, Hoang Minh Thao, requested an expedition to find evidence of the creatures, but it was unsuccessful.[

Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman suggests in his book, "The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates" that the Nguoi Rung are a possible surviving population of Homo erectus or Neanderthal.

Professor Tran Hong Viet is a researcher of Nguoi Rung who in 1982 claimed to have located a footprint measuring 28x16cm.

Click the following link to see the Nguoi Rung listing on the interactive map or simply scroll below. We also have on good authority that Season 4 of Finding Bigfoot will be filmed in Vietnam searching for the same Bigfoot variant.

Zoom-in, Zoom-out explore the map below. There are many more Bigfoot variants across the globe.


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Bigfoot Hair to be Auctioned this Saturday (07.07.2012)

A close up of the Bigfoot hair samples up for auction (Click to enlarge)

“I got it from a guy out of state, actually. I can’t confirm it’s Bigfoot hair. You’d have to have the actual Bigfoot to match the hair...” -- Ty Shafer current owner of the Bigfoot hair sample

On June 19th 2012 we mentioned the news that Bigfoot hair samples were for sale from a collector named Ty Shafer. Since his offer was publicized at the Daily Sentinel, Shafer realized this hair sample may be worth more than a mere $30. Mr. Shafer has decided to put the hair up for auction.

It's not too late to get your bid in for the auctioning of a Bigfoot hair. The auction will be held Tomorrow (July 7th 2012, 5:30pm)  at  Hwy 59 South Between Lufkin and Nacogdoches (Nacogdoches, TX).

Can't make it to Lufkin Texas? No problem. Call the auctioneer Bonnie Worley txl # 16894 phone: 936.366.5745. You can look at the auction yourself at Auctionzip.com. 

After speaking to Ty yesterday, he claims there is already some interest from Texas Museum of the Weird. 

Below are pictures provided from the auction site.