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Baekdu Yacha

The Baekdu Yacha (백두야차、白頭夜叉) is a hairy humanoid cryptid reported from Korean Peninsula.

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In the 17th century, a man named Ryu Mong-in heard and recorded accounts from hunter about encounter with strange creatures. When the hunter went to Baekdu Mountain, located on the border between present-day China and North Korea, he saw a humanoid over 10 meters tall, covered entirely in body hair. It had a child on its back, which was also over 3 meters in size. This humanoid swiftly cornered a deer and ate it. The hunter hid in the grass and let this dangerous creature pass by.

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  • book: 柳夢寅(1609)於于野談
  • book: 고성배(2019)한곡 요괴 도감

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