Nguoi Rung

Nguoi Rung, also known as the “Forest People” or sometimes the Vietnamese Bigfoot, is a cryptid reported in the remote jungles of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Described as a short, powerfully built hominid covered in reddish or dark hair, it’s said to walk upright and emit guttural calls that echo through the dense canopy. American soldiers during the Vietnam War occasionally reported unsettling encounters with ape-like figures that didn’t match any known local wildlife, adding a modern layer to older indigenous stories. Skeptics point to misidentified gibbons or bears seen fleetingly through thick foliage. Yet the Nguoi Rung persists in local folklore and cryptozoology circles, standing as Southeast Asia’s counterpart to Sasquatch myths — an elusive wildman haunting the shadowy edges of human exploration.