| Malaysia
hunts for mythical Bigfoot
 "Bigfoort
is a name given to giant hairy two legged creatures"
Authorities have begun searching the jungles
of southern Malaysia for the mythical Bigfoot following
a reported sighting of three giant human-like beasts, officials
say.
Wildlife authorities may set up cameras in
the 800sq km Endau Rompin National Park in Johor state on
Friday, to see if the creatures do exist.
Hashim Yusof, park director, ventured into
the jungle on Friday to survey the site where three fish
farm workers reportedly saw the beasts - two adults and
a young one - last month.
Lim Teong Kheng, the chairman of the Malaysian
Nature Society in Johor, said the fish farm workers were
in the jungle to clear an area for a fish pond, when they
alerted their employer who photographed what appeared to
be footprints measuring up to 45cm.
He said brown hair reeking of body odour was
also reportedly retrieved nearby, and a broken tree branch
at the site appeared to indicate the creatures were some
three metres tall.
The New Straits Times newspaper on Thursday reprinted one
of the photographs taken by the fish farmer, showing what
appears to be a triangular depression in the undergrowth.
Sightings
Bigfoot sightings have been reported for decades
in the area but never taken seriously for lack of evidence.
Lim told AP: "Nobody dared say anything
in case people say they are out of their minds. But sightings
have been enumerated by many others before this at the Endau
Rompin area."
Bigfoot is a popular name given in the
United States to giant hairy creatures walking on two legs.
Sightings of such beasts are reported in many parts of the
world but never confirmed.
(AP/IM)
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