Yeren - the aggressive monkey man from China

In China is the legendary ape-manYeren in Hubei Province regularly provide turmoil. His name means "wild man" and he should behave very aggressively. It is best to compare it with the mysterious Yeti or Bigfoot. He is considered a cryptid, but its existence could not be proved and alleged sightings of to this day Yeren are related to real existing Golden Monkey Monkey. Therefore it must be doubted whether the monkey-man actually lives and is in the Chinese province.

Behavior and appearance of Yeren                                                              

The Yeren is described as up to three meters high, he should erect move like a human being and long have droopy arms. Its coat is described as very dense, and the face of the yen should be naked. The coat color has been described in most cases as red, but there are also reports according to which it should be brown or gray. The face is supposed to be human-like, and it is said to have large ears, while the forehead of the Yeren, compared to other human beings, is described as higher.

The ape is very aggressive against humans, he has already attacked, injured and even killed them. In some cases, he even eaten them, and he was also responsible for the abduction and rape of women. According to a handful of reports, there are even Yeren-human hybrids.Contrary statements, however, report a peaceful behavior of the Yeren when he meets people.

The Yeren and Hubei Province

For more than 2,000 years there have been stories around the Yeren in the Chinese province of Hubei, but it was not until the 1940s that sightings were made that were not scientifically proven. The author Qu Yuan, who lived from 340 to 274 before Christ's birth, describes monkeys who have something in common with the Yeren.

For decades, attempts have been made to prove the existence of the Yeren, but like the Yeti, Bigfoot, Alma and Yowie, the evidence is missing. In the years 1976 and 1977 a large expedition with more than 100 participants took place, with the aim to find the "wild man" in Hubei. The expedition was triggered when, in May 1976, a monkey-like creature, which had a red coat, was sighted in the vicinity of the Shennongjia forest area. However, the search for the group consisting of scientists, militants and journalists was without result.
In the course of time, supposed remains of the Yeren were found, but in the end it turned out that they were only known monkey species. According to a media report, the existence of the mysterious monkey system in 1980 was proved on the basis of hands placed in brine, which were said to have come from a Yeren shot in 1957. The analysis of the hands, however, revealed that the limbs were from a macaque.

Is the Yeren a surviving giant monkey?

According to cryptologists, the Yeren could be a surviving species of the gigantic gigantopithecus, which lived on Earth for eight million to 100,000 years. According to scientific studies, the gigantopithecus was over 500 kilograms and must have been at least 1.80 meters in size. Until now only teeth and jaw pieces have been discovered by the giant monkey. A hitherto unknown species of the orangutan could also be considered a Yeren because of the red coat color.

In the province of Hubei, there is a cave to serve the Yeren as a habitat, and before entering this cave warning red characters. Of the mystic monkey man, which is very probably only a fable, there are still no pictures and videos. The mystery will remain a mystery until real evidence of its existence has been found. A new expedition with modern technical equipment such as drones and infrared cameras could help to find the aggressive and peaceful giant monkey in the area around Hubei. In the near future, however, no new Yeren expedition is planned.

Read more

Real Supernatural Creatures?

Back in 1960 a demolition crew was tasked with clearing and pulling down a long-abandoned mansion formerly owned by a gentleman called Thomas Merrylin. A new modern residential quarter would take its place once the original building and its foundations had been removed. 

Thomas Merrylin was born into an aristocratic family in London in 1782. Later becoming a highly respected Crypto-naturalist, Fringe Zoologist and Xeno-Archeologist. To say he a fascination with the dead and unusual is putting it mildly.

But before the demolition could begin, builders ventured into the property one last time. Deep down in the basement, they discovered one of the strangest collection of items in recent history.

Tucked away inside the dusty basement were several thousand small wooden boxes, each tightly sealed. One by one, each box revealed the remains and bodies of all kinds of creepy monsters and supernatural beings that seemed to exist only in the darkest of fairy tales.

Merlin's passion for esoteric natural history had seem him travel to some of the most unusual and strangest corners of the world searching for and documenting odd artifacts and unknown species of animals and plants.

Was he able to bring some of his discoveries back home? Did his travels inspire him create his own monsters? Or was it all just some kind of elaborate prank designed to shock and awe the public after his death?

To this day, there has been nothing more than speculation and conjecture over Merlin's true motivations. However, there is no denying it remains one of the most unusual and interesting discoveries in London's recent history.

All images copyright Alex CF http://www.merrylinmuseum.com

Read more

Fail Genetic Experiment on Dog?

With a mohawk-style plume of hair and pink flesh covered in leopard-esque spots, the mysterious animal terrified locals in Xinxiang, Henan province

Xinxiang is close to several scientific research centres and a local medical school - and locals became convinced the creature was an experiment gone wrong, on the run from a nearby lab.

One witness said: ‘The pink skin makes it look just like pig gone wrong in some sort of genetic experiment.’

But police say the dog is actually a pedigree breed called a Chinese crested hairless dog is a pet - and expensive.

‘It is definitely a dog, and quite an expensive one at that,’ said a spokesman.

The bizarre breed with just tufts of hair on its head and tail and a bare, spotted body regularly features as a contender in the World's Ugliest Dog contest.

One celebrated example, Yoda (pictured below), won the 2011 World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma Marin Fair for her short tufts of hair, protruding tongue, and long, seemingly hairless legs.

The 1.8lb pooch had lived a rough life before Terry Schumacher found her abandoned behind an apartment building and mistook her for a rat.

Read more