Batutut
Ringkasan
Batutut atau Người Rừng adalah kriptid legenda Vietnam Utara.
Batutut, or Người Rừng, is a legendary cryptid of northern Vietnam.
Kisah dan tradisi
Batutut atau Người Rừng adalah kriptid legenda Vietnam Utara. Laporan menggambarkannya berjalan tegak dengan tinggi sekitar dua meter, meski rincian lain bervariasi. Legenda mengaitkannya dengan gua untuk tidur, penggunaan api, dan kemampuan memanjat pohon. Menurut cerita, Nguoi Rung agresif terhadap manusia: menyerang, bahkan membunuh dan memakannya. Prajurit AS di Provinsi Kontum melaporkan makhluk yang disebut penduduk setempat Nguoi Rung, dan seorang prajurit menggambarkannya setinggi sekitar lima kaki, berlengan panjang dan berotot, berjalan tegak. Tinggi ini berbeda dari sekitar dua meter yang disebut sumber lain. Menjelang akhir perang, para ilmuwan diperintahkan menyelidiki laporan penampakan, dan Dr. Vo Quy mencetak sebuah jejak kaki yang menurut laporan lebih lebar daripada kaki manusia dan terlalu besar bagi kera mana pun yang dikenal. Meski begitu, tidak ada bukti nyata bahwa makhluk ini ada. Karena konon menguasai api, sebagian ahli kriptozoologi berspekulasi bahwa Nguoi Rung adalah Homo erectus yang bertahan hidup, dan Heuvelmans pernah menggambarkan Minnesota Iceman sebagai spesies baru dan menduganya Nguoi Rung sebelum benda itu diidentifikasi sebagai pemalsuan.
Batutut, or Người Rừng, is a legendary cryptid of northern Vietnam. Reports describe an upright humanoid about two meters tall, while other details vary. Legends associate it with sleeping in caves, using fire, and climbing trees. According to the accounts, Nguoi Rungs are aggressive toward people: they attack, even kill and eat them. U.S. troops in Kontum Province reported a creature the locals call Nguoi Rung, and one soldier described it as about five feet tall, long-armed and muscular, walking upright. This differs from the height of about two meters given by another source. Toward the end of the war, scientists were ordered to investigate the reported sightings, and Dr. Vo Quy cast a footprint that, according to the report, was broader than a human foot and too large to belong to any ape known to science. Even so, there is no concrete evidence that the creature exists. Because they are said to master fire, some cryptozoologists speculate that the Nguoi Rung is surviving Homo erectus, and Heuvelmans once described the Minnesota Iceman as a new species and assumed it was a Nguoi Rung before it was identified as a forgery.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Vietnam
- Kawasan / Region
- Asia Timur
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Cryptid
- Kemampuan / Abilities
- Menyalakan api
Makhluk terkait / Related beings
- Âu Cơ
- Hồ ly tinh (Hồ ly tinh (Vietnamese nine-tailed fox))
- Rồng (Vietnamese dragon) (Vietnamese dragon (Rồng))