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Yeti, Bigfoot and the Wild Man of Shennongjia
For centuries, people have reported seeing a wild creature in the Himalayas called Yeti. The Yeti is said to be a large, hairy animal that walks on two feet like a human being. People believe that Yetis sometimes come down from the mountains to attack villagers.
In 1998, an American mountain climber said that he saw a Yeti on the Chinese side of the Himalayas. 'It walked like a human, but it had thick black fur and was about six feet tall with huge shoulders, very long arms and large hands, 'he said.
In 2007, an American TV team saw Yeti tracks 33 centimetres in length in the snow near Mount Qomolangma. They made copies of these tracks and had them examined by a scientist in the USA. He reported that they looked like the tracks of a similar creature, called Bigfoot, which some people believe lives in the forests of the north-west of the USA.
Yeti and Bigfoot are similar to a creature known as the Wild Man of Shennongjia. There have been dozens of reports that people have seen a Wild Man in the Shennongjia Nature Reserve in western Hubei Province, China. In one case, a group of engineers ran after the creature, which moved with amazing speed and strength. Large tracks have also been discovered which some people say belong to the Wild Man. Because of these reports and the tracks, there have been several organized searches for this creature, but no strong evidence for existence has ever been found.
Dr Grover Krantz, a scientist from Washington State University, studied reports of such strange creatures for many years. He became convinced they exist .He believed that these creatures are linked to a common ancestor, an animal that lived in Asia some 300000 years ago. In his opinion, this animal made its way to other parts of the world, and continues to survive even today.
Scientists hope that the mystery will be solved one day. If such creatures really exist, we might have the chance to see one with our own eyes.

喜马拉雅雪人、北美野人和神农架野人
几个世纪以来，不断有人报告说在喜马拉雅山区看到 一种被称为喜马拉雅雪人的野生动物。据说，雪人是种高大多毛，像人类一样用两脚行走的动物。人们相信雪人有时下山攻击村民。
1998年，一名美国登山爱好者声称，他在喜马拉雅山的中国一侧看见过一个雪人。“它走路的样子像人类，但是有浓密的黑毛，大约6英尺高，双肩宽阔，两臂很长，还有一双大手。”他说。
2007年，一个美国电视拍摄组在珠穆朗玛峰附近看到雪地中3 3厘米长的雪人脚印。他们复制了这些脚印，并让美国的一位科学家进行研究。他（科学家）报告说，它们看起来像一种叫北美野人的类似动物的脚印。有人认为北美野人生活在美国西北部的森林里。

喜马拉雅雪人和北美野人与被称为神农架野人的生物很相似。已有 很多关于人们在中国湖北省西部的神农架自然保护区看到过一个野人的报道。其中一篇报道讲一群工程师追赶这种以惊人速度和力量移动的生物。人们也发现过一些巨大脚印，有人称它们属于野人。因为这些报道和脚印，人们已经开展了数次有组织的针对该生物的搜寻活动，但是从没有找到它存在的有力证据。

华盛顿州立大学的一名科学家格洛夫·克兰茨博士曾研究有关这类奇怪生物的报道多年。他坚信他们的存在。他认为，这些生物与一个共同的祖先相关联，该动物生活于约3 0万年前的亚洲。他的看法是这种动物迁徙到了世界上的其他地区，并一直存活至今。

科学家们希望野人之谜将来有一天会得以破解。如果野人真的存在，我们或许有机会亲眼看见野人。