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Barmanou

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Painted illustration: hairy upright primate on a rocky Karakoram mountainside
AI rendition based on witness descriptions, not an actual photo.
The Chitral Valley, Pakistan, one of the areas where barmanou sightings are reported
The Chitral Valley, Pakistan, one of the areas where barmanou sightings are reported · Tahsin Shah · CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons) · Image source · License

A bipedal hairy primate said to live in the mountains of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan, between the Pamirs and the Himalayas.

Open Verdict: Unconfirmed; no physical evidence has been produced.

Region
Asia · Pakistan / Afghanistan
First reports
Shepherds' reports

Key sightings

Best evidence

Witness reports only.

Sources