Region // 13 files

Asia

From the Himalayas to Vietnamese forests, Asia holds the archive's oldest hominids — yeti, yeren, almasty — carried by centuries-old traditions and a few inconclusive state expeditions.

• Case file Nº044 1978

  Issie

  Aquatic / 31.23°N 130.55°E

  Dark humps seen on Japan's Lake Ikeda since 1978; ambiguous photos, very real giant eels, and no confirmation.

  Class 3

• Case file Nº045 1995

  Lake Van Monster

  Aquatic / 38.63°N 42.90°E

  A monster reported in Turkey's Lake Van since 1995; the much-disputed 1997 video has never convinced scientists.

  Class 3

• Case file Nº046 1921

  Yeti

  Hominid / 27.98°N 86.92°E

  The Himalayan snowman: living Sherpa traditions, famous footprints — and bears behind every DNA sample ever tested.

  Class 4

• Case file Nº047 1923

  Orang Pendek

  Hominid / 1.70°S 101.26°E

  A small bipedal hominid reported in Sumatra for a century; cryptozoology's most serious primate case, still unresolved.

  Class 3

• Case file Nº048 1976

  Yeren

  Hominid / 31.45°N 110.40°E

  China's Hubei wildman, hunted by official state expeditions; every hair and footprint has traced back to known species.

  Class 3

• Case file Nº049 XVe siècle

  Almas

  Hominid / 46.50°N 91.50°E

  The wildman of the Caucasus and Mongolia: five centuries of accounts, no evidence — and the Zana case solved by DNA in 2015.

  Class 2

• Case file Nº050 1926

  Olgoi-Khorkhoi

  Critter / 43.50°N 103.50°E

  The Gobi death worm of Mongol nomad accounts: a century of consistent stories, no specimen despite repeated expeditions.

  Class 2

• Case file Nº051 Folklore ancien

  Tsuchinoko

  Critter / 35.65°N 137.32°E

  A short, thick-bodied snake from Japanese folklore, backed by real municipal bounties yet never once captured.

  Class 2

• Case file Nº052 1970

  Hibagon

  Hominid / 35.11°N 133.04°E

  A squat, ape-like figure reported around Mount Hiba from 1970 to 1974, never firmly identified and never seen again.

  Class 2

• Case file Nº053 1805

  Bukit Timah Monkey Man

  Hominid / 1.35°N 103.78°E

  A small grey hominid said to haunt Singapore's Bukit Timah reserve; science sees macaques and an urban legend.

  Class 2

• Case file Nº054 Folklore ancien

  Mande Barung

  Hominid / 25.51°N 90.22°E

  The Garo Hills 'forest man': steady sightings, but the only hair evidence tested belonged to a goral.

  Class 2

• Case file Nº055 Folklore ancien

  Batutut

  Hominid / 18.30°N 105.43°E

  Vietnam's jungle wildman, hunted by official North Vietnamese army expeditions, never confirmed by any evidence.

  Class 3

• Case file Nº056 1925

  Ahool

  Aerial / 6.71°S 106.73°E

  A giant bat said to haunt western Java's volcanic forests — most likely a misjudged flying fox or a large owl.

  Class 2