Comments on: Home of Chinese ‘Bigfoot’ seeks to boost eco-tourism

By: whiteriverfisherman

whiteriverfisherman — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:09:49 +0000

My wife is from Guizhou province in China, she calls me Yeren when I need a shave or a haircut. The first time she did this it took me by surprise and also made me laugh myself to tears. I think she was surprised I knew what a Yeren was.

By: Adam Davies

Adam Davies — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:44:39 +0000

It’s a really beautiful place. I had always wanted to go, and the producers of MonsterQuest granted my wishes! I teamed up with Dr. Jeff Meldrum for the episode entitled “China’s Wildman” if anyone would like to take a look. Dr. Meldrum’s analysis of the prints found by expert Chinese tracker Mr. Yuan was very enlightening, and the subject of a scientific paper.

The Yeren is a very credible hominid, in my opinion.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:14:50 +0000

The Chinese have been trying to do this, of course, since at least 2006. It will be recalled that back then, due to all of the Malaysian turmoil caused by the search for the "Johor Hominid," Chinese forestry officials announced that tourism services at the Shennongjia Nature Reserve in China were to be suspended for 3 months.

Initially, there was hope that the Bigfoot sighting flap would increase tourism in Malaysia. Those 2006 Chinese moves resulted from some kind of backlash from the events in Malaysia. Chinese officials suspended tourism in fear of too much interest in their "Bigfoot," the Chinese Wildmen or Yeren.

"Be careful what you wish for, you just may get it," Craig noted about this situation, back in 2006.