The Hindu : 'Big foot' spotted?

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2003

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'Big foot' spotted?

Beijing: An ``ape-like'' beast nearly 1.65 metres tall has been sighted in the forests of central China, a media report said on Monday. The greyish ``mythical ape-like animal'', suspected by locals to be a `big foot', was reported to have shoulder-length black hair, it said. Wildlife officials have launched an investigation after apparent sightings of the mysterious animal by six people, including a reporter from the local broadcasting station, in Shennongjia nature reserve in Hubei province on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported. The reporter, along with five others were on the way back to Songbai town from Muyu town when they sighted the creature. When the vehicle they were in took a left turn along the mountain road, four people in the vehicle saw the ape-like animal moving fast on the road. By the time the vehicle finished the turn, it had disappeared. The passengers got out of the vehicle and found several 30 centimetre-long footprints and newly broken branches in the jungle near the road.

— PTI

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