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The world has always had its share of questionable career paths—alligator wrestler, submarine

window inspector, Florida man—but this one might top them all.

Over in Shenongja National Park, nestled in the misty mountains of China's Hubei province,

park officials have thrown open the hairy floodgates by posting a help-wanted ad for professional

wild men. Not Steve Martin wild and crazy guy kind of wild, but like feral, just

decide being considered a werewolf. Sixteen lucky or deeply confused-desperate applicants will be chosen to become full-time

Sasquatches.

The official title is something like scenic forest crypted performance artist, but, well,

let's call it what it is.

Human jump scare with a side of trail rash.

For about $89 a day, you too can don a matted, vaguely, Yeti-like costume and

spend your working hours making untranslatable guttural noises that startled visitors. Speaking is

prohibited, unless you're fluent in woo-woo-woo-woo, which unfortunately does not show up in

most language apps. You'll also be expected to perform something called abstract dancing.

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