Bigfoot Found in Johor Malaysia ?
Footprint casts hope of finding Bigfoot
by Chuah Bee Kim JOHOR BARU,
Feb 21st 2006 New Straits Times
Foreign journalists tracking "Bigfoot" in the jungles of Johor have made a plaster cast of a fresh footprint measuring 60cm by 30cm. Almost three times the size of a human foot, they feel the evidence indicates they are close to finding and filming the creature.
"This is very close to an actual sighting," said Joshua Gates, 28, who is part of a seven member expedition to the jungles of Kota Tinggi. Gates, who found the foot, is the host of Destination Truth, a new television programme to be shown over the Sci-Fi Network in the United States.
The Sci-Fi Network is an NBC Universal television network dedicated to programmes exploring the mysterious, paranormal, fantastic and unexplained. Gates and his crew have been in Kota Tinggi since yesterday to shoot a documentary on the creature.
The group travelled deep into the jungle and found the footprints in Kampung Lukut after searching an area covering 30 sq km.
"One of the footprints, showing five toes, was especially well preserved in the mud. We made several plaster casts of it."
"This is most credible evidence to date that the Bigfoot might indeed be roaming the jungles of Johor," he said.
"We believe we are on the trail of something really big."
"The size of the footprint doesn’t match that of any primate or animal we have ever seen."
"This is bound to stir a great deal of interest in the US when the documentary is shown."
"It might prompt more researchers and journalists to come to Johor in search of Bigfoot."
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Thu Apr 20, 1:11 PM ET
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian wildlife officials denied capturing a baby "Bigfoot," amid fevered speculation over the existence of the mythical creature in the nation's southern jungles.
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The Berita Harian newspaper reported that a young Bigfoot was caught by a group of men thought to be from the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) near the southern town of Kota Tinggi two weeks ago.
The paper quoted local residents as saying they had spoken to men who described shooting the creature with tranquiliser darts. The locals then peeked into the back of the their truck to see a large, hairy creature.
But the department's director-general Datuk Musa Nordin denied the report.
"During the period reported, Perhilitan did not mount any operation in the area," Musa said in a statement carried by the official Bernama news agency.
Freddie Long, the Tourism and Environment Committee chairman in southern Johor state, said that if a Bigfoot had been captured, it should have been given to local authorities for research.
Bigfoot fever erupted last December when some workers claimed to have spotted three of the beasts, two adults and a youngster, on the edge of a Johor forest reserve.
The tale was given wide coverage in the national press which also carried stories of other sightings, some dating back decades, and printed photographs of supposed footprints -- vague impressions in the jungle floor.
Local authorities treated the claims seriously, with plans for an official expedition to track down the mysterious beasts, and setting up a telephone hotline to report sightings.
Suggestions that the story has been cooked up to lure tourists to Johor have been denied.
Stories of mythical ape-like creatures have been reported in wilderness areas all over the world. They are known as Bigfoot or Sasquatch in the United States and Canada, and yetis in the Himalayas.
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