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On the Track of Orang-Pendek

Have you personally seen much to enbolden the hypothesis m'lud? Tracks etc? I must admit I find orang-pendek one of the stronger hominid cryptids due to the untapped nature of Indonesia and all the native beliefs but its always interesting to hear first hand.
 
I saw Brian Blessed on Would I Lie To You tell a story he claimed to be true, of one of his expeditions in search of Orang-Pendek. In his account, he was paddled in a canoe up or down a river for a distance of about 10 miles accompanied by an Orangutan who used a paddle, alternating left & right paddling to keep a straight line. A nice story even allowing for a bit of Blessed hyperbole.
 
hunck said:
I saw Brian Blessed on Would I Lie To You tell a story he claimed to be true, of one of his expeditions in search of Orang-Pendek. In his account, he was paddled in a canoe up or down a river for a distance of about 10 miles accompanied by an Orangutan who used a paddle, alternating left & right paddling to keep a straight line. A nice story even allowing for a bit of Blessed hyperbole.
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I suspect a lot of embroidering in that tale. However, Orangutans are quite smart and could probably learn how to paddle a canoe - so I'm half tempted to believe it.
 
Mythopoeika said:
I suspect a lot of embroidering in that tale. However, Orangutans are quite smart and could probably learn how to paddle a canoe - so I'm half tempted to believe it.
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Orang-utans can paddle, use soap to wash, use a hammer and nails and many other things they have copied from people.
 
Jape89 said:
Have you personally seen much to enbolden the hypothesis m'lud? Tracks etc? I must admit I find orang-pendek one of the stronger hominid cryptids due to the untapped nature of Indonesia and all the native beliefs but its always interesting to hear first hand.
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Yes, i have seen footprints different to all the known apes (all of which i have worked with) and hand prints. I have heard the animal vocalize and i have found hair. The latter was studied by Lars Thomas of Copenhagen University. He said it was a new species related to but distinct from the Sumatran orang-utan.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ORANG-PEND...keywords=orang-pendek+sumatra's+forgotten+ape
 
lordmongrove said:
Yes, i have seen footprints different to all the known apes (all of which i have worked with) and hand prints. I have heard the animal vocalize and i have found hair. The latter was studied by Lars Thomas of Copenhagen University. He said it was a new species related to but distinct from the Sumatran orang-utan.
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Was that a DNA analysis?
 
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