© Rex FeaturesA Chinese tourist has claimed to have encountered a human-like 'monster' in a valley in Huairou.
"I walked far away to have a pee, and suddenly saw a monster. I took a few pictures of it, but I am now terrified."
The image of the strange flesh-coloured creature nestled among the bamboo is certainly striking, and has a marked resemblance to the creature Gollum from the Lord of the Rings films. But one online commentator in China thought he had the solution to the "mystery".
"Over the weekend I and my friends went to the mountains to take a mini sci-fi film," he wrote.
"And when I was having a pee, a person popped up and took pictures of me and shot away."
The head and neck look like rubble behind the person and the guys head is tucked down hidden behind his torso. I notice they never provide an HD version of these photos which would make them easier to identify the authenticity, although zoom in on this and even the grainy image gives it away.