Barmanou
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| Grouping | Cryptid |
|---|---|
| Sub grouping | Hominid |
| Other name(s) | Barmanu, Baddmanus, Big Hairy One (Translation) |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Region | Chitral, Gilgit and North Western Areas of Pakistan |
| Habitat | Mountains |
The Barmanou (or Barmanu or Baddmanus[1]), a bipedal humanoid primate cryptid, allegedly inhabits the mountainous region of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan. Shepherds living in the mountains have reported sightings.
The Barmanou is the Pakistani equivalent of the Bigfoot. The term Barmanou originating in Khowar, but now used in several Pakistani languages including Urdu, Shina, Pashto and Kashmiri. In addition to the name Barmanou there are a few local variant names as well.
The proposed range of the Barmanou covers the Chitral and Karakoram Ranges, between the Pamirs and the Himalaya. This places the Barmanou between the ranges of two more-famous cryptids, the Almas of Central Asia and the Yeti of the Himalayas.
The Barmanou allegedly possesses both human and apelike characteristics and has a reputation for abducting women and attempting to mate with them. It is also reported to wear animal skins upon its back and head. The Barmanou appears in the folklore of the Northern Regions of Pakistan and depending on where the stories come from it tends to be either described as an ape or a wild man.
The first search in Pakistan for Bipedal Humanoid man was carried out by a Spanish zoologist living in France, Jordi Magraner, from 1987 to 1990. He wrote a paper, Les Hominidés reliques d'Asie Centrale,[2] on the Pakistani cryptid – the wild man.
He later researched the Barmanou extensively in the 1990s, but was murdered in Afghanistan in 2002.[3] Loren Coleman wrote that he "collected more than fifty firsthand sighting accounts, and all eyewitnesses recognized the reconstruction of Heuvelman's homo pongoides ["apelike man"--i.e., a living Neanderthal.]. They picked out homo pongoides as their match to Barmanu from Magraner's ID kit of drawings of apes, fossil men, aboriginals, monkeys, and the Minnesota Iceman."
In May 1994, during a search in Shishi Kuh valley, Chitral, Dr. Anne Mallasseand reported that once during a late evening she heard unusual guttural sounds which only a primitive voice-box could have produced. No further progress could be made.[3]
See also
- Amomongo – Philippines
- Daeva or Div – Tajikistan, Iran
- Chuchunya – Siberia
- Fear liath – Scotland, United Kingdom
- Fouke Monster – United States
- Grassman – United States
- Hibagon – Japan
- Yeren – China
- Mapinguari – South America
- Menk, Russia
- Momo the Monster – United States
- Orang Mawas – Malaysia
References
- ^ Hazara Gazetteer 1883-84, Lahore, 1884, Language' section, p.117
- ^ Magraner, Jordi (1992). Notes sur les hominidés reliques d'Asie centrale: district de Chitral, NWFP, Pakistan (in French). J. Magraner. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ a b Ahmad Siddiqui, Dr Raheal (16 February 2014). "In search of an elusive creature". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- Debenat, Jean-Paul; Paul H LeBlond; Christopher L Murphy (2009). Sasquatch/Bigfoot and the mystery of the Wild Man. Hancock House. pp. 375–77. ISBN 978-0-88839-685-3.
External links
- Jordi Magraner's Oral Statements Concerning Living Unknown Hominids
- Pakistanese Barmanu
- Tracking Down the Wild Men
- Video - An evening with Jordi Magraner
- The News (9 Sep 2007) article on the Pakistani Barmanou (Barmanu) "The Bigfoot Legend" and Jordi Magraner
