Foreign News Media barred from Johor Jungles
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It is lucky that API only does witness interviews and paper research. Yet I am proud to say that API has uncovered more than what could be done on foot.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/National/20060221082921/Article/index_html
Bigfoot blues
R. SittamparamJOHOR BARU, Mon
The arrival of foreign media and research groups to check out the Bigfoot phenomenon has received mixed reactions from the people of Johor.While their presence may boost eco-tourism here, some complain the Bigfoot seekers are being allowed to move about too freely in the jungle.
State Tourism and Environment committee chairman Freddie Long said the foreign groups should not go into the jungle without permission as this was prohibited under the National Forestry Act.
He said these people should only talk to eyewitnesses and check out Bigfoot tracks found on private land.
Asked to comment on a local group’s recent claim of having proof of at least 40 Bigfoot creatures in Johor’s jungles, Long said this was far-fetched, but his committee would check it out.
The NST met a group of 14 local and foreign media representatives and researchers setting out on an expedition to look for Bigfoot, at the Kampung Mawai Lama jetty about 20km from here today.
The group comprised a seven-member film crew from Mandt Bros Productions, two Singaporean paranormal investigators, a five-member film crew from Makim Abad Sdn Bhd, and Southeast Asia’s correspondent for the Independent of London, Jan McGirk.
Mandt Bros chief Neil Mandt said his Los Angeles-based company was here to produce a documentary on the Johor Bigfoot and other paranormal phenomena in Johor and Kuala Lumpur for the Destination Truth slot on NBC Universal’s Sci-Fi Network. He said his crew would complete its job by tomorrow.
Syed Abdullah Syed Hussein Al-Attas, a researcher from Makim Abad, which produces the Seekers series for ntv7, said the Johor Bigfoot story would be featured in an upcoming episode.
At Press time, Syed Abdullah reported that the group had found a fresh giant footprint believed to have been made by the Bigfoot at Kampung Lukut China.
He said the print was clear enough to make several plaster casts of it, despite the rain.
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It is lucky that API only does witness interviews and paper research. Yet I am proud to say that API has uncovered more than what could be done on foot.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/National/20060221082921/Article/index_html
Bigfoot blues
R. SittamparamJOHOR BARU, Mon
The arrival of foreign media and research groups to check out the Bigfoot phenomenon has received mixed reactions from the people of Johor.While their presence may boost eco-tourism here, some complain the Bigfoot seekers are being allowed to move about too freely in the jungle.
State Tourism and Environment committee chairman Freddie Long said the foreign groups should not go into the jungle without permission as this was prohibited under the National Forestry Act.
He said these people should only talk to eyewitnesses and check out Bigfoot tracks found on private land.
Asked to comment on a local group’s recent claim of having proof of at least 40 Bigfoot creatures in Johor’s jungles, Long said this was far-fetched, but his committee would check it out.
The NST met a group of 14 local and foreign media representatives and researchers setting out on an expedition to look for Bigfoot, at the Kampung Mawai Lama jetty about 20km from here today.
The group comprised a seven-member film crew from Mandt Bros Productions, two Singaporean paranormal investigators, a five-member film crew from Makim Abad Sdn Bhd, and Southeast Asia’s correspondent for the Independent of London, Jan McGirk.
Mandt Bros chief Neil Mandt said his Los Angeles-based company was here to produce a documentary on the Johor Bigfoot and other paranormal phenomena in Johor and Kuala Lumpur for the Destination Truth slot on NBC Universal’s Sci-Fi Network. He said his crew would complete its job by tomorrow.
Syed Abdullah Syed Hussein Al-Attas, a researcher from Makim Abad, which produces the Seekers series for ntv7, said the Johor Bigfoot story would be featured in an upcoming episode.
At Press time, Syed Abdullah reported that the group had found a fresh giant footprint believed to have been made by the Bigfoot at Kampung Lukut China.
He said the print was clear enough to make several plaster casts of it, despite the rain.
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