Yabalik-Adam : Wildman of Central Asia.
Etymology:
Unknown, probably a Turkic word, presumed to mean “wild man.”
Variant names:
Yaboi-adam, Yavan-adam, Yavo-khal’g.
Physical description:
Yellowish body hair. Thumb is close to the fingers. Feet are broader than a human’s.
Behaviour:
Moves easily in the mountains. Turns around to face its pursuers, uttering guttural cries. Chinese informants claim that it hurls large stones as weapons and moults in April.
Distribution:
Pamir and Kunlun Mountains, in the area where Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China meet.
Significant sighting:
Around 1912, hunters captured a wildman in the mountains, brought it into a village, and fed it raw meat. After the
news reached Taxkorgon, Chinese authorities came and took the creature away.
Source:
- Bernard Heuvelmans and Boris F.Porshnev, L’homme de Néanderthal est toujours vivant (Paris: Plon, 1974), pp. 139–140
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SOURCE:
Mysterious Creatures – A Guide to Cryptozoology written by George M. Eberhart – Copyright © 2002 by George M. Eberhart
