At a 12 October press conference in Xian, Zhou Zhenglong, a former hunter, told a rapt audience of his quest to photograph the beast, crawling to within 20 meters of one and snapping 71 images.

• 10月12日，在西安的记者招待会上，周正龙，一位从前的猎人，告诉全神贯注的听众，为了寻求拍摄这种野兽的照片，他向一只老虎爬去，一直爬到离它不到20米，并且拍得了71张照片。