A bizarre creature, dubbed the “oriental yeti”, has baffled scientists after emerging from ancient woodlands in remote central China.
The hairless beast was trapped by hunters in Sichuan province after locals reported spotting what they thought was a bear.
One hunter, Lu Chin, said: “It looks a bit like a bear but it doesn’t have any fur and it has a tail like a kangaroo.
“It also does not sound like a bear — it has a voice like a cat and it is calling all the time — perhaps it is looking for the rest of its kind or maybe it's the last one.
"There are local legends of a bear that used to be a man and some people think that’s what we caught," he added.
Now stumped local animal experts have shipped the mystery beast to scientists in Beijing for DNA tests.
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From the sores on it's back it looks to have mange (or clipper burn). I doubt it was naturally hairless, or it wouldn't survive a Chinese winter.
Looks like a body clipped Wallaroo?
This discovery didn't happen on April 1st by any chance, did it?
Who would actually take the time to shave this things hair/fur off....I mean come on.....
Lauren Fairchild-Dubsky
We had a short haired dog that got the mange and it looked exactly like this.
Looks like some sort of Civet with a very bad skindisease.
Rob
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