Comments on: New 2010 Yeren Evidence?

By: Shadow Ink

Shadow Ink — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:51:59 +0000

No bear, that I am aware of, has curley hair. How many species of bear inhabit the area the hair was found in? Do any of them exhibit curley hair?

By: alcalde

alcalde — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:40:39 +0000

I’m sort of with Zilla… there’s nothing linking this hair to anything. Someone just… found hair. It wasn’t tied in to any sighting. What links it to the Yeren?

“After Ding reported his discovery to the neighborhood committee, some professional researchers on July 11th, at the same site, found additional hairs and a 11.8-inch (30-centimeter) long footprint.”

Now here’s a problem. Who are these professional researchers and what makes them professional? And come to think of it, what are they researchers of? What did the footprint look like? Are they the ones making the link here? And my biggest puzzlement… why would anyone notice, much less get excited about, finding a few stray hairs on a mountain, much less report it to their local government????

“According to the committee’s research, the hair does not match that of a human or any livestock, but to date, a match with a bear has not been excluded.”

Should this read “committee” or “professional researchers”? “Committee” earlier referred to the local “neighborhood committee”. I’m not sure they’d be equipped or qualified to make those types of determinations.

By: Adam Davies

Adam Davies — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:47:44 +0000

I am excited by this new evidence.I have followed with great interest ,research on the Yeren for several years now, and as many of your readers will know, Jeff Meldrum and I went to China, with MonsterQuest,at my request, for the `China’s Wildman` episode.Whilst we were there, Jeff identified some prints found by previously by our tracker,Mr.Yuan, as being from an unknown primate, citing obvious comparisons with Sasquatch prints.
I was also impressed by how seriously academics and cryptid researchers alike take the subject of the Yeren. Whether sceptics or believers ,the debate amongast our group was conducted in an impassioned and objective manner.My only regret was that we did not have enough time out there to do more field research.Whilst it is certainly true that misidentification with bears could certainly account for some of the sightings,there have been too many reports ,for too many centuries ,of this unique bipedal primate ,for them all to be dismissed as bears. Whatever the outcome of these latest tests, having been to Hubei Province, I am a firm believer in the existence of the Yeren. I hope to get another opportunity to study it again in the near future.

By: Zilla

Zilla — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:40:05 +0000

Interesring, but the hair can be from any animal, although
I have my money on a bear.