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| The '''Batutut''' is a hominid [[Cryptid]] thought to inhabit the Vu Quang nature reserve and other wilderness areas of Viet Nam and [[Laos]]. The Vu Quang has been the source of a number of newly discovered mammals by Dr. [[John MacKinnon]]. Mackinnon claims to have first observed tracks in 1970 that lead him to believe that hominid similar to [[Meganthropus]] palaeojavanicus lives there. His 1975 book [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345245253 ''IN SEARCH OF THE RED APE''] describes his experiences and findings. A 1947 sighting by a French colonist, refers to the animal as a [http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~vern/wildman/kontum47.html ''L'HOMME SAUVAGE''] (wild man). Vietnamese scholars refer to the animal as [http://www.bigfootencounters.com/creatures/pj.htm the Nguoi Rung]. A professor [http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~vern/wildman.html Tran Hong Viet of Pedagogic University of Hanoi] reported in 1982 finding similar footprints to those of MacKinnon in 1970, of which he made casts. He had been making an extensive post-war inventory of natural resources. While collecting near Chu Mo Ray in Sa Thay District, he came across the prints. A photo of the cast of the print was later published by [http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~vern/wildman/j-fis.html ''Fortean News of the World'' (Japan Fortean Information Society)].
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| ==Sightings during the Viet Nam War==
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| In his 2001 Ballentine book [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0804115982 ''Very Crazy G.I. - Strange but True Stories of the Vietnam War''] Veteran Kregg P.J. Jorgenson relates an actual sighting of such a creature by a team of [[LRRP]]s. The men refer to it as a "Rock Ape" reporting it as being small in stature, about 5 feet tall, and having a reddish tinge to its fur.
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Orang Pendek]]
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| * [[Homo floresiensis]] AKA "Hobbits"
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.americanmonsters.com/monsters/hairy/index.php?detail=article&idarticle=245 Hairy Hominids: Batutut]
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| *[http://www.bigfootencounters.com/creatures/pj.htm The Nguoi Rung..a GI's Story by Kregg P. J. Jorgenson]
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| *[http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~vern/wildman.html Nguoi Rung, Vietnamese Forest People, Wildman: mythical or missing ape]
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| from Wikipedia, May 2006
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| [[Category:Primates and hominids]]
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