Nguoi Rung
Also known as: Vietnamese Forest Man, People of the Forest
Deep in Vietnam's jungles, soldiers and scientists have reported a powerfully built ape that walks like a man.
Indigenous oral traditions, formalized 1970s
Central highlands, Vietnam
1.7-2 meters tall
Wary, avoidant
Occasional reports from remote regions
The Lore
Nguoi rung, meaning 'forest people' in Vietnamese, refers to reported encounters with large, bipedal primates in the dense jungles of Vietnam and Laos. Closely related to or identical with the batutut, the nguoi rung is distinguished in some accounts by its darker coloring and larger build. Professor Tran Hong Viet of Pedagogic University of Hanoi claimed to have found footprint evidence in 1982. The creature's habitat overlaps with some of the least-explored forest in mainland Southeast Asia.
Body Type
Folklore Origin
Notable Witnesses
- Professor Tran Hong Viet
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