In the native Tibetan dialect Kung-lu means "great hulking thing," and the creature that merits such a title is also known as the Ggin-sung, Tok, or Dsuteh. This legendary beast is indigenous to the Tibetan plateaus and has seldom been sighted beyond the boundaries of those mountains. According tho those who have encountered the Kung-lu, the monster stands as tall as nine feet, weighs many hundred pounds, and is covered with black shaggy fur. Tibetan legends are filled with frightening claims that packs of these shaggy-haired monsters have lurked in ambush to abduct small children. Young, pretty native girls have allegedly disappeared during Kung-lu raids on native villages.
According to one account, when the famous mountain climber Huerta led the Argentinean Mountaineering Expedition in 1955, the group was stunned when one of their native porters was killed by a Kung-lu. Tales of these hairy monsters lurking in the Asian wilderness and bizarre legends of ancient Tibetan tribes battling aggressive hordes of howling Kung-lu are said to be found in ancient Asian manuscripts. Numerous venerable Chinese scholars linked these creatures to the "time of the dragon," the presumed genesis of Asian civilization. Many early Europeans to the courts of the khans were alarmed by tales of apelike creatures that raided caravans, murdered humans, and stole women and supplies during midnight ambushes.
Sources: Norman, Eric. The Abominable Snowmen. New York: Award Books, 1969.
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