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Bigfoot near Gunung Panti?

JOHOR BARU, Mon.

01/25/06 - New Straits Times

The discovery of several huge footprints by a villager in Panti has caused a flurry of excitement among Bigfoot believers.

The 50cm-long footprints (inset, picture above) caused by a single creature that had apparently walked out of a muddy stretch of the jungle area, were found on a recently-tarred road leading to smallholdings located at the foot of Gunung Panti.

Bio-dioversity researcher Vincent Chow, who yesterday led a team of eight Bigfoot enthusiasts, including a professional from England, to investigate the footprints, said there was a strong possibility they were made by a Bigfoot creature.

"We traced the footprints up a hill and found more footprints on the muddy floor of the jungle. However, recent heavy rains have smudged the outline of the footprints.

"From their depth, we can judge that the creature which made them could have been about four times a man’s weight."

Chow said the manner in which the creature had traversed the jungle was humanlike.

"Except for a few broken twigs, there was no damage to the plants as the creature seemed to have followed the jungle path carefully, even ducking below thorny creepers. Had an elephant passed through the area, there would have been extensive damage to the vegetation."

Chow said he interviewed a villager who stated he was convinced that some creature had been prowling around the Kampung Temenim Lama area in Panti.

The villager said he heard pots and pans being moved about in his kitchen at the back of the house one night.

He was too scared to check the disturbances then, but in the morning he found the pots turned upside down and the rice spilt.

Meanwhile, a 68-year-old tanker lorry driver claimed he had a close encounter with a Bigfoot family in the 1990s on the Masai-Kong Kong road.

P. Palaniandy said he had left for Kulai after filling up his tanker with crude palm oil at a depot in Kong Kong about 8.30am.

"Just as I was going up a slope, I saw the creatures crossing the road in single file.

"They were going from the Masai side of the jungle to the Kong Kong side."

He said the creatures were between five feet and seven feet tall and heavily built. The long arms of the biggest creature were as thick as a man’s thigh.

Palaniandy said he slowed down and was about five metres away from the creatures when they walked into the jungle.

He said they had thick foreheads, bushy raised eyebrows, large protruding jaws, big hair-covered ears, raised chests and large protruding buttocks. The creatures did not turn to look at him.

Villagers’ close encounter with Bigfoot

STORY AND PIC BY FARIK ZOLKEPLI

01/01/06 - The Star

KLUANG: It looks human but has fur the shades of dark red and black covering its face and body, stands about 4m tall and lets out a loud roar. 

That is how the orang asli villagers from Batu 25, Kampung Punjat Sungai Nadik, in Kahang, about 190km from Johor Baru, described a creature known as siamang or better known as Bigfoot. 

One of the villagers supposedly even had a 15-minute standoff with the creature and has stopped going into the jungle alone. 

Recalling his horrifying experience four months ago, Amir Md Ali said he was catching frogs in the Gunung Panti jungles to sell when he stumbled upon the creature. 

“I was heading to my favourite spot when I suddenly saw this tall creature about 30m away. 

“I was trembling with fear as the creature stared at me,” he said, adding that he did not move for about 15 minutes. 

Amir, who initially thought the creature would leave, decided to run when the creature continued to stare at him. 

“I did not look back and continued running until I reached my village,” he said, showing a clearing in the jungle where the standoff occurred to some 50 people who took part in an expedition to gather information on the Bigfoot sightings in the state. 

The one-day expedition, led by Johor National Parks director Hashim Yusof, comprised park officials and press members. 

Another villager, Herman Deraman, 21, or better known as Along, had a closer encounter with the creature in the woods. 

“I was resting one night in a wooden hut on stilts after a long day of collecting bamboo strips. 

“Suddenly, the hut started shaking violently,” he said, adding that soon after that, he heard a loud roar that sounded like that of a wild beast. 

That incident kept him awake the whole night. 

The next day, he encountered the creature again but this time at the place he usually gathered bamboo. 

“I thought I saw a tree shaking but after a while, I realised there was a huge creature sitting down and rubbing itself against the tree. 

“Luckily, the creature did not see me as its back was facing me,” he said. 

Kampung Punjat Sungai Nadik is home to about 30 orang asli families who earn a living by gathering and selling produce collected from the jungle.  

Hashim said the expedition was aimed at ascertaining the truth on the existence of the Bigfoot. 

“We want to uncover the truth about this creature and also quash any rumour that can scare away visitors to the national park,” he said, adding that some 124,000 people visited the parks annually. 

Hashim said they were also compiling a database on Bigfoot or orang mawas sightings at various spots.  

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