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Finally! Thanks, abductboy, for creating this department. Studies of Crypto already started with great success, and it is about time to have a solid department for it.
And now the news reports.
The previous news can already be seen in the research paper of The Malaysian Bigfoot Enigma, and some others extracted and pasted into my personal blog (for valid reasons, of course!). And now, news regarding this will be continued in here.
The Star
Friday March 24, 2006Department denies erasing tracks
JOHOR BARU: The state Forestry Department did not clear tracks resembling Bigfoot footprints around Kampung Lukut and Kampung Temening in Kota Tinggi.
State Environment and Tourism committee chairman Freddie Long said the land was privately owned.
He was responding to a report yesterday which claimed that authorities had erased the tracks in a bid to discourage foreign tourists from undertaking so-called Bigfoot sighting expeditions.
“The land cleared is secondary forest and privately owned, and not part of a forest reserve,� Long told a press conference.
The government had no right to clear private land, he added.
“The owners cleared the area.�
Earlier, state Forestry director Che Hashim Hassan told The Star that the land was cleared with excavators.
“How can they say we did it when the department does not own excavators?� he asked.
“The land belongs to villagers. If they want to clear it, it is their right.�
At the press conference, Long also clarified that foreigners were not barred from entering the forests to look for Bigfoot.
“We give priority to local scientists. But foreigners interested can apply through us. Go through the proper channels. There is no ban.
“Bigfoot is of universal interest and we would like to share this with the world,� he said, adding that the state would decide whether to allow or reject an application.
Long also urged those with information on Bigfoot to tell the state.
“We have organised many surveys since December but have not seen anything unusual.�
He said researchers, who claimed to have found strands of hair supposedly belonging to Bigfoot, had not submitted samples to the state.
The Star
Sunday March 19, 2006Bigfoot just a figment of the imagination
TEH ENG HOCK is a big foot sceptic and he does not mince his words as he tells the world (and the media) to get over the mythical creature.
A giant footprint or three, a few strands of hair, and some torn branches – and the fabled Bigfoot had been getting more media spotlight than any Cabinet minister could ever dream of.
Since the most recent spell of sightings hit the mainstream media in December, there are no signs yet that the coverage will die off. Foreign experts and media have tried to get into the jungles, only to be barred by the state government. Some have sneaked in, such as those from the Singapore Paranormal Investigators and NBC Universal’s Sci-Fi Network.
Even the move to restrict foreigners from searching for the legendary being had caught some political headwind; Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the search for Bigfoot is of international interest and he did not see why foreign expertise should be excluded.
The sphere of debate over the existence of Bigfoot had become extremely congested. While experts (and bandwagon-jumping politicians) continue to harp over the fabled creature, precious media space had, to a certain extent, been wasted on such coverage. After all, there are no new developments, nothing concrete to cement Bigfoot’s existence.
Usually, the media spotlight would have simmered within a dozen days after development stalls. But no, these claims of Bigfoot sightings, commonly called Mawas in Malay, are similar to the Mawi phenomenon.
Fair enough, Akademi Fantasia 3 champion Mawi was mobbed by fans and snapped by sponsors for product endorsements after his win last year. But the bigger picture can be seen when pirated copies of Mawis’s CD and other merchandise, such as t-shirts, posters and caps started hitting the pasar malam stands.
With Bigfoot, it is pretty much the same. Some retailers use ape-like masks to attract customers into their shops, and even the Johor National Parks Corporation (JNPC) has created a web page for the mythical creature.
JNPC even went to the extent of using the public interest generated to attract foreign tourism product buyers during mini-travel marts organised by Johor Tourism Action Council; the first time in Singapore on Jan 9 and again in Batam, Indonesia, on March 6.
It is surprising that no peddler has capitalised on the fad by selling Bigfoot t-shirts. If the fad lives on, perhaps Mawas fan clubs will start popping up like mushrooms after the rain, just like Mawi’s.
Although the widespread publicity had caused a Bigfoot craze, there is a suspicion that only a minority truly believe in the legend of the hairy ape-like creature. After all, there were no takers for permits to enter the forest reserves, as disclosed by Johor Forestry director Che Hashim Hassan.
It is time to move on. Precious news pages should focus on consumer sentiments and unusual natural phenomena such as the floods in Shah Alam, and a week later, the twister-like storm in neighbouring Subang Jaya.
This will not be the last story you read about Bigfoot in the local press, as long as X-Files believers are out there. I used to laugh at a former colleague for his belief in UFOs and the paranormal; I now scoff at the idea that a 10-footer can hide in the jungles undiscovered for hundreds of years. Only time will tell who gets the last laugh.
The Star
Sunday March 12, 2006Bigfoot mania making big news
Is he a sceptic or a believer? NELSON BENJAMIN does not reveal his stand as he reports on the Bigfoot phenomenon in Johor that currently holds many people, foreigners and locals alike, in thrall.
IT HAS been called Bigfoot, Mawas, Giant Ape and even hantu jarang gigi (jungle ghost with few teeth). Whatever it is, this hairy monster has become a hot news item, attracting media attention from as far away as Britain and Japan.
But it has been so elusive that some cynics are dismissing reported sightings of it as a clever tourist bait by Johor to put itself in the international spotlight.
The fact is that reported sightings of the Malaysian Bigfoot go as far back as 50 years ago.
It was first recorded in 1954 by a well-known American cryptozoologist, Loren Coleman.
In more recent times, travel and adventure writer Harold Stephens reportedly searched for the creature in what is claimed to be the first Bigfoot expedition in the Endau-Rompin jungles in the 1970s.
His group claimed to have found giant footprints measuring 30cm in length and half that in width on a sandbar near a river.
He said his group’s discovery attracted a great deal of publicity back in 1971.
But as excited Malaysians and foreigners pursue the Bigfoot of Malaysia, stories of these huge, ape-like animals have been passed down for generations in the orang asli community.
And many are prepared to go on record to say that they have had encounters with the creatures.
Amir Md Ali, an orang asli from Kahang, said he was catching frogs at Gunung Panti when he sighted the creature about 30m away.
Another villager, 21-year-old Herman Deraman, or better known as Along, claimed to have had a closer encounter with the creature.
He said he was having a nap inside a wooden hut in the forest when the hut started to shake violently.
“I heard a loud roar that sounded like that of a wild beast’s, which kept me awake the whole night. It was the creature we call hantu jarang gigi,â€? he related.
The recent Bigfoot mania in Johor began in December when a group of workers who were building a fishpond claimed to have spotted a family of Bigfoot creatures and discovered huge footprints in Kampung Mawai.
Subsequently, several orang asli children who had strayed in the jungles of Lenggor, Kahang claimed that they saw a huge creature resembling King Kong during their six days in the forest reserve.
Continuous reports from residents in Kampung Lukut, Kampung Mawai and Kahang further fuelled the Bigfoot stories, which beckoned many enthusiasts to the 240-million-year-old rain forests of Endau Rompin area that is said to be the creature’s lair.
But the most bizarre statement came from the Johor Wildlife Protection Society, which claimed that up to 40 of the Bigfoot creatures were living in the jungles.
The group claimed that one of the creatures was supposedly 60 years old and was nearing death.
So far, most of the eyewitness accounts describe the creature as between 2m and 3.6m tall with red eyes and dark brown fur all over its body.
Bigfoot, which is also popularly known as Mawas, is regarded as a peace-loving creature with a keen sense of smell and will shy away from people.
The recent decision by the Johor Government to form a special research committee and launch expeditions to track down the elusive creature shows that the Bigfoot mania has also grabbed the attention of local politicians.
The group mounted its first six-day expedition through the Johor National Park Corporation (JNPC) at the end of last month.
Another full-scale scientific expedition comprising state government officials and other researchers will be held next month.
On the commercial front, the Bigfoot mania has created jobs for locals around the Endau-Rompin area.
Some are now working as tour guides, and others are renting out their boats and camping gear to those who want to explore the jungles.
In no time there might even be “Bigfoot Safari� packages offering visitors a chance to look for their favourite Bigfoot in the dense forests of Johor.
Jimmy Leong, chairman of the Johor Tourism Guides Association, says the Bigfoot mania would be a boom for Johor as the news has put the state on the international tou- rism radar screen.
“However, we are taking a wait-and-see approach, as we need more than just one footprint to promote Bigfoot on a large scale,� he said.
The discovery of Bigfoot’s fur will surely be a shot in the arm for the state’s tourism industry, which saw a 26% drop for the first nine months of last year to 8.8 million visitors. It recorded 11.8 million tourist arrivals in 2004.
A local Malay daily has also cashed in on the mania by printing posters of Bigfoot reading its newspaper.
The posters were placed along major roads in Johor Baru during the official launch of the tabloid in the state last month.
Meanwhile, sceptics feel that the Bigfoot mania took off soon after the release of Peter Jackson’s King Kong The Movie at the end of last year.
Other observers, including paranormal-related reporting websites and sceptics from the government, have dismissed the huge footprints discovered as those made by wild animals such as elephants, bears, orang utan or even a cow.
The government should include members of the media in the next expedition to ensure that the public is given first-hand information and not just unverified eyewitness accounts or pictures of giant footprints.
The lucky star seem to be shining on Kong, the 40 year old construction worker turn star bigfoot hunter..
Not only have he sighted in full view the face of Malaysia Bigfoot, he is also the one who found the tar tracks earlier in the sightings.
Here is his description of the Bigfoot first reported on New Straits Times, Mar 25:
“It was then that I saw the Bigfoot which was more than three metres tall emerging from the jungle. It walked with a slight crouch like an old man.
“I was shaking all over with fear thinking that the creature might come towards me. However, to my relief, it stopped about 30m away and sat down on a log.”
Kong said the creature, which was covered with black hair, raised one of its huge arms, the size of a man’s thigh, and began rubbing its face.
He said he could see clearly its bushy eyebrows and long incisors jutting out slightly at the corner of its mouth.
“Although I was scared, I managed to take out my camera and emerged from behind the rock.
“But before I could take a picture, my handphone rang. I panicked, fearing that the creature would come after me. But it just got up, glanced at me and hurried back into the jungle.”
This is such a clear description that one wonder if he had told the expeditions members and the State government officials that he had previously lead to hunt for bigfoot.
(NB : I have written here that Kong is lucky to have make these sightings. But actually he is extremely unlucky not to have capture a picture or video of the bigfoot. The ringing handphone have cost Kong millions if he have actually capture a real authentic bigfoot on his handphone even if it is for a few seconds. The 53 seconds Patterson-Gimlin video has been subjected to numerous court cases for the ownership and has ever been put on sale for a cool million dollars)
On Feb 20, he lead the international team of Joshua Gates (Destination : Truth), Malaysia (The Seekers ) and Singapore Paranormal Investigators into the forest to find the footprints.
Before bringing them to the secondary forest which he first saw the tar foot prints last month, he gave an interivew:
He said: on 18th (should be referring to Jan 18), after the rain stopped, he saw the tar footprints about 12 of them, which was clear seen then. Now, it is not so clear.
He also is able to describe the size of the bigfoot 19 x 11 in, informed about the 4.5 inch depression, and estimate the weight 250 – 300 kgs and height 8 – 9 feet of the bigfoot. He also said that the creature did not walk but jog slowly to make those tracks. (Jan McGirk of The Independent taking notes of Kong’s claims.)
But he pointed at the forest nearby and say that inside there is more foot prints, and he lead the international team and finally he located and find the footprint for the investigators!
Kong showing the path to the forest next to the tar road. Joshua Gates (Destination Truth) is seen besides him.
The whole entourage prepare to follow Kong to the jungle
Kong showing the footprint to the international team, who later made the footprint cast which was shown to the world. Therefore, based on this video evidence, it is clear that it is Kong who lead the hunters to the footprint, contrasting with media reports worldwide that the “international hunters” found them.
Also interesting is that this internation team of hunters said they found many footprints, although they are not clear. This is in contrast with the report from Jan McGirk published on the Independent on Feb 23 (How I tracked Bigfoot through the Malaysian Jungle):“A second fresh footprint prove impossible to find……”
“As with the two extremely faded footprinted found on the nearby tar road…..”
(For Jan McGirk’s report see http://farshores.org/c06bf20.htm)
As Charles has pointed out:
The Bigfoot print was found along the trail, heavily carpeted with a thick canopy of dead leaves, but which only a select few of the falling leaves fell onto the print. It is obvious that Mr Kong had walked the trail before. It wasn’t a search in the forest, it was a trek into a pre-determined path, to which the Bigfoot cast was found.
Based on the tar prints, and that the prints inside the forest is obviously made from the same animal who walked into the forest from the tar road, it seem to me like a ………………. rhino print !
See Kong’s drawing showing obviously 3 toed footprint, the rhino footprint from sosrhino.org and the overlapping tracks from the tar road.
If it is a true rhino, I ask that the Johore Wild Life Society take more steps to study and protect this species so that the Sumatran Rhino the critically endangered species in Malaysia (maybe less than 25 in Endau Rompin forest) may not go extinct. The same go for the elephants, the tapirs and the sun bear.
Perhaps, ironically, the Bigfoot sightings has bring more awareness to protect Malaysia wildlife, and by finding Bigfoot which is non existent, they may have found what they may have lost : the Sun bear , the tapirs and the Sumatran Rhino.
As for me, it is a blessing that I have came to know more about these beautiful creatures : Sun Bears and Sumatran Rhinos through my research to understand these bigfoot sightings…. I would like to close my article with a touching picture, that of Malaysia researcher Wong Siew Te and the subject of his love – Malaysia Sun Bear.
“Only if we understand, can we care.
Only if we care, will we help.
Only if we help, shall they be saved.�
Jane Goodall (1990)Jane Goodall is a primatologist who is famous for her life long time study of chimpanzees.
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Finally! Thanks, abductboy, for creating this department. Studies of Crypto already started with great success, and it is about time to have a solid department for it.
And now the news reports.
The previous news can already be seen in the research paper of The Malaysian Bigfoot Enigma, and some others extracted and pasted into my personal blog (for valid reasons, of course!). And now, news regarding this will be continued in here.
The Star
Friday March 24, 2006Department denies erasing tracks
JOHOR BARU: The state Forestry Department did not clear tracks resembling Bigfoot footprints around Kampung Lukut and Kampung Temening in Kota Tinggi.
State Environment and Tourism committee chairman Freddie Long said the land was privately owned.
He was responding to a report yesterday which claimed that authorities had erased the tracks in a bid to discourage foreign tourists from undertaking so-called Bigfoot sighting expeditions.
“The land cleared is secondary forest and privately owned, and not part of a forest reserve,� Long told a press conference.
The government had no right to clear private land, he added.
“The owners cleared the area.�
Earlier, state Forestry director Che Hashim Hassan told The Star that the land was cleared with excavators.
“How can they say we did it when the department does not own excavators?� he asked.
“The land belongs to villagers. If they want to clear it, it is their right.�
At the press conference, Long also clarified that foreigners were not barred from entering the forests to look for Bigfoot.
“We give priority to local scientists. But foreigners interested can apply through us. Go through the proper channels. There is no ban.
“Bigfoot is of universal interest and we would like to share this with the world,� he said, adding that the state would decide whether to allow or reject an application.
Long also urged those with information on Bigfoot to tell the state.
“We have organised many surveys since December but have not seen anything unusual.�
He said researchers, who claimed to have found strands of hair supposedly belonging to Bigfoot, had not submitted samples to the state.
The Star
Sunday March 19, 2006Bigfoot just a figment of the imagination
TEH ENG HOCK is a big foot sceptic and he does not mince his words as he tells the world (and the media) to get over the mythical creature.
A giant footprint or three, a few strands of hair, and some torn branches – and the fabled Bigfoot had been getting more media spotlight than any Cabinet minister could ever dream of.
Since the most recent spell of sightings hit the mainstream media in December, there are no signs yet that the coverage will die off. Foreign experts and media have tried to get into the jungles, only to be barred by the state government. Some have sneaked in, such as those from the Singapore Paranormal Investigators and NBC Universal’s Sci-Fi Network.
Even the move to restrict foreigners from searching for the legendary being had caught some political headwind; Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the search for Bigfoot is of international interest and he did not see why foreign expertise should be excluded.
The sphere of debate over the existence of Bigfoot had become extremely congested. While experts (and bandwagon-jumping politicians) continue to harp over the fabled creature, precious media space had, to a certain extent, been wasted on such coverage. After all, there are no new developments, nothing concrete to cement Bigfoot’s existence.
Usually, the media spotlight would have simmered within a dozen days after development stalls. But no, these claims of Bigfoot sightings, commonly called Mawas in Malay, are similar to the Mawi phenomenon.
Fair enough, Akademi Fantasia 3 champion Mawi was mobbed by fans and snapped by sponsors for product endorsements after his win last year. But the bigger picture can be seen when pirated copies of Mawis’s CD and other merchandise, such as t-shirts, posters and caps started hitting the pasar malam stands.
With Bigfoot, it is pretty much the same. Some retailers use ape-like masks to attract customers into their shops, and even the Johor National Parks Corporation (JNPC) has created a web page for the mythical creature.
JNPC even went to the extent of using the public interest generated to attract foreign tourism product buyers during mini-travel marts organised by Johor Tourism Action Council; the first time in Singapore on Jan 9 and again in Batam, Indonesia, on March 6.
It is surprising that no peddler has capitalised on the fad by selling Bigfoot t-shirts. If the fad lives on, perhaps Mawas fan clubs will start popping up like mushrooms after the rain, just like Mawi’s.
Although the widespread publicity had caused a Bigfoot craze, there is a suspicion that only a minority truly believe in the legend of the hairy ape-like creature. After all, there were no takers for permits to enter the forest reserves, as disclosed by Johor Forestry director Che Hashim Hassan.
It is time to move on. Precious news pages should focus on consumer sentiments and unusual natural phenomena such as the floods in Shah Alam, and a week later, the twister-like storm in neighbouring Subang Jaya.
This will not be the last story you read about Bigfoot in the local press, as long as X-Files believers are out there. I used to laugh at a former colleague for his belief in UFOs and the paranormal; I now scoff at the idea that a 10-footer can hide in the jungles undiscovered for hundreds of years. Only time will tell who gets the last laugh.
The Star
Sunday March 12, 2006Bigfoot mania making big news
Is he a sceptic or a believer? NELSON BENJAMIN does not reveal his stand as he reports on the Bigfoot phenomenon in Johor that currently holds many people, foreigners and locals alike, in thrall.
IT HAS been called Bigfoot, Mawas, Giant Ape and even hantu jarang gigi (jungle ghost with few teeth). Whatever it is, this hairy monster has become a hot news item, attracting media attention from as far away as Britain and Japan.
But it has been so elusive that some cynics are dismissing reported sightings of it as a clever tourist bait by Johor to put itself in the international spotlight.
The fact is that reported sightings of the Malaysian Bigfoot go as far back as 50 years ago.
It was first recorded in 1954 by a well-known American cryptozoologist, Loren Coleman.
In more recent times, travel and adventure writer Harold Stephens reportedly searched for the creature in what is claimed to be the first Bigfoot expedition in the Endau-Rompin jungles in the 1970s.
His group claimed to have found giant footprints measuring 30cm in length and half that in width on a sandbar near a river.
He said his group’s discovery attracted a great deal of publicity back in 1971.
But as excited Malaysians and foreigners pursue the Bigfoot of Malaysia, stories of these huge, ape-like animals have been passed down for generations in the orang asli community.
And many are prepared to go on record to say that they have had encounters with the creatures.
Amir Md Ali, an orang asli from Kahang, said he was catching frogs at Gunung Panti when he sighted the creature about 30m away.
Another villager, 21-year-old Herman Deraman, or better known as Along, claimed to have had a closer encounter with the creature.
He said he was having a nap inside a wooden hut in the forest when the hut started to shake violently.
“I heard a loud roar that sounded like that of a wild beast’s, which kept me awake the whole night. It was the creature we call hantu jarang gigi,â€? he related.
The recent Bigfoot mania in Johor began in December when a group of workers who were building a fishpond claimed to have spotted a family of Bigfoot creatures and discovered huge footprints in Kampung Mawai.
Subsequently, several orang asli children who had strayed in the jungles of Lenggor, Kahang claimed that they saw a huge creature resembling King Kong during their six days in the forest reserve.
Continuous reports from residents in Kampung Lukut, Kampung Mawai and Kahang further fuelled the Bigfoot stories, which beckoned many enthusiasts to the 240-million-year-old rain forests of Endau Rompin area that is said to be the creature’s lair.
But the most bizarre statement came from the Johor Wildlife Protection Society, which claimed that up to 40 of the Bigfoot creatures were living in the jungles.
The group claimed that one of the creatures was supposedly 60 years old and was nearing death.
So far, most of the eyewitness accounts describe the creature as between 2m and 3.6m tall with red eyes and dark brown fur all over its body.
Bigfoot, which is also popularly known as Mawas, is regarded as a peace-loving creature with a keen sense of smell and will shy away from people.
The recent decision by the Johor Government to form a special research committee and launch expeditions to track down the elusive creature shows that the Bigfoot mania has also grabbed the attention of local politicians.
The group mounted its first six-day expedition through the Johor National Park Corporation (JNPC) at the end of last month.
Another full-scale scientific expedition comprising state government officials and other researchers will be held next month.
On the commercial front, the Bigfoot mania has created jobs for locals around the Endau-Rompin area.
Some are now working as tour guides, and others are renting out their boats and camping gear to those who want to explore the jungles.
In no time there might even be “Bigfoot Safari� packages offering visitors a chance to look for their favourite Bigfoot in the dense forests of Johor.
Jimmy Leong, chairman of the Johor Tourism Guides Association, says the Bigfoot mania would be a boom for Johor as the news has put the state on the international tou- rism radar screen.
“However, we are taking a wait-and-see approach, as we need more than just one footprint to promote Bigfoot on a large scale,� he said.
The discovery of Bigfoot’s fur will surely be a shot in the arm for the state’s tourism industry, which saw a 26% drop for the first nine months of last year to 8.8 million visitors. It recorded 11.8 million tourist arrivals in 2004.
A local Malay daily has also cashed in on the mania by printing posters of Bigfoot reading its newspaper.
The posters were placed along major roads in Johor Baru during the official launch of the tabloid in the state last month.
Meanwhile, sceptics feel that the Bigfoot mania took off soon after the release of Peter Jackson’s King Kong The Movie at the end of last year.
Other observers, including paranormal-related reporting websites and sceptics from the government, have dismissed the huge footprints discovered as those made by wild animals such as elephants, bears, orang utan or even a cow.
The government should include members of the media in the next expedition to ensure that the public is given first-hand information and not just unverified eyewitness accounts or pictures of giant footprints.
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The lucky star seem to be shining on Kong, the 40 year old construction worker turn star bigfoot hunter..
Not only have he sighted in full view the face of Malaysia Bigfoot, he is also the one who found the tar tracks earlier in the sightings.
Here is his description of the Bigfoot first reported on New Straits Times, Mar 25:
“It was then that I saw the Bigfoot which was more than three metres tall emerging from the jungle. It walked with a slight crouch like an old man.
“I was shaking all over with fear thinking that the creature might come towards me. However, to my relief, it stopped about 30m away and sat down on a log.”
Kong said the creature, which was covered with black hair, raised one of its huge arms, the size of a man’s thigh, and began rubbing its face.
He said he could see clearly its bushy eyebrows and long incisors jutting out slightly at the corner of its mouth.
“Although I was scared, I managed to take out my camera and emerged from behind the rock.
“But before I could take a picture, my handphone rang. I panicked, fearing that the creature would come after me. But it just got up, glanced at me and hurried back into the jungle.”
This is such a clear description that one wonder if he had told the expeditions members and the State government officials that he had previously lead to hunt for bigfoot.
(NB : I have written here that Kong is lucky to have make these sightings. But actually he is extremely unlucky not to have capture a picture or video of the bigfoot. The ringing handphone have cost Kong millions if he have actually capture a real authentic bigfoot on his handphone even if it is for a few seconds. The 53 seconds Patterson-Gimlin video has been subjected to numerous court cases for the ownership and has ever been put on sale for a cool million dollars)
On Feb 20, he lead the international team of Joshua Gates (Destination : Truth), Malaysia (The Seekers ) and Singapore Paranormal Investigators into the forest to find the footprints.
Before bringing them to the secondary forest which he first saw the tar foot prints last month, he gave an interivew:
He said: on 18th (should be referring to Jan 18), after the rain stopped, he saw the tar footprints about 12 of them, which was clear seen then. Now, it is not so clear.
He also is able to describe the size of the bigfoot 19 x 11 in, informed about the 4.5 inch depression, and estimate the weight 250 – 300 kgs and height 8 – 9 feet of the bigfoot. He also said that the creature did not walk but jog slowly to make those tracks. (Jan McGirk of The Independent taking notes of Kong’s claims.)
But he pointed at the forest nearby and say that inside there is more foot prints, and he lead the international team and finally he located and find the footprint for the investigators!
Kong showing the path to the forest next to the tar road. Joshua Gates (Destination Truth) is seen besides him.
The whole entourage prepare to follow Kong to the jungleKong showing the footprint to the international team, who later made the footprint cast which was shown to the world. Therefore, based on this video evidence, it is clear that it is Kong who lead the hunters to the footprint, contrasting with media reports worldwide that the “international hunters” found them.
Also interesting is that this internation team of hunters said they found many footprints, although they are not clear. This is in contrast with the report from Jan McGirk published on the Independent on Feb 23 (How I tracked Bigfoot through the Malaysian Jungle):“A second fresh footprint prove impossible to find……”
“As with the two extremely faded footprinted found on the nearby tar road…..”
(For Jan McGirk’s report see http://farshores.org/c06bf20.htm)
As Charles has pointed out:
The Bigfoot print was found along the trail, heavily carpeted with a thick canopy of dead leaves, but which only a select few of the falling leaves fell onto the print. It is obvious that Mr Kong had walked the trail before. It wasn’t a search in the forest, it was a trek into a pre-determined path, to which the Bigfoot cast was found.
Based on the tar prints, and that the prints inside the forest is obviously made from the same animal who walked into the forest from the tar road, it seem to me like a ………………. rhino print !
See Kong’s drawing showing obviously 3 toed footprint, the rhino footprint from sosrhino.org and the overlapping tracks from the tar road.
If it is a true rhino, I ask that the Johore Wild Life Society take more steps to study and protect this species so that the Sumatran Rhino the critically endangered species in Malaysia (maybe less than 25 in Endau Rompin forest) may not go extinct. The same go for the elephants, the tapirs and the sun bear.
Perhaps, ironically, the Bigfoot sightings has bring more awareness to protect Malaysia wildlife, and by finding Bigfoot which is non existent, they may have found what they may have lost : the Sun bear , the tapirs and the Sumatran Rhino.
As for me, it is a blessing that I have came to know more about these beautiful creatures : Sun Bears and Sumatran Rhinos through my research to understand these bigfoot sightings…. I would like to close my article with a touching picture, that of Malaysia researcher Wong Siew Te and the subject of his love – Malaysia Sun Bear.
“Only if we understand, can we care.
Only if we care, will we help.
Only if we help, shall they be saved.�
Jane Goodall (1990)Jane Goodall is a primatologist who is famous for her life long time study of chimpanzees.
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