At 5 PM on January 27, 2011, in Houbudonghu Village, Dengyoufang Town, Kangbao County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, a shepherd named Mr. Qin was grazing his sheep in a small grove as usual. He suddenly noticed a strange phenomenon: several sheep scattered in different directions as if trying to avoid something. Mr. Qin found it puzzling, so he wanted to find out what was going on. When he walked over to that spot, he saw a dark mass in front of him. By then it was already getting dark, and Mr. Qin could not determine what it was, so he drove the flock home.

The next afternoon, Mr. Qin again drove his sheep to this small grove. When he approached the dark mass, he became certain that what he saw was a burned corpse.

Panicked, Mr. Qin hurriedly ran back to the village and reported the situation to the village officials, who then called the police.

When the police examined the scene, they found the body lying on its side on the ground, head south and feet north, in a curled-up posture. Police found a red bottle cap at the scene. They smelled it and detected the odor of diesel, … Read More