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(Kuala Lumpur) Authorities began searching the jungles of southern Malaysia on Friday for the mythical "Bigfoot" following a reported sighting of three giant human-like beasts, officials said.

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The fish farm workers were in the jungle to clear an area for a fish pond. They alerted their employer who photographed what appeared to be footprints measuring up to 45 centimetres, said Lim Teong Kheng, the chairman of the Malaysian Nature Society in Johor.

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.

Lim welcomed the investigation by the national park saying "Bigfoot" sightings have been reported for decades in the area but never taken seriously for lack of evidence.

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Sasquatch have been reported pretty much around the world, and there are any number of plaster casts of huge footprints. There have been LOTS of sightings on Vancouver Island, ours seem to be a tad differently coloured, most of the reported sightings say gray, light gray, and white whereas on the mainland it seems to be brown, light brown and beige.

I LOVE Sasquatch stories and , yeah, I believe completely that they're out there. Some scoffers say oh yeah well how come... entire airplanes have been lost in the bush here, so shy creatures who do not want to be seen would probably have little trouble avoiding search parties.

About six months ago a couple of kids from Ukleje (near Zeballos, if that helps) saw a Sasquatch. One kid made eye contact and promptly fainted, the other ran for help. When the part of adults arrived, the boy was still unconcious... my First Nations rellies tell me that is how B'Gwus protect themselves.

So, for me, the kicker is... the Chief phoned the RCMP, who contacted RCAF Comox...and for something "nobody believes in" the sky was very full of spotter planes!!

I don't think these are "apes" or "gorillas", and I'm not convinced they are "human" or our "missing link"...but I never did fully trust the theory that each and every Neanderthal perished...and I have met with and talked with a native woman from near Lytton who told me she had one living in her barn one winter...it kept the wolves and coyotes from attacking her calves. And every night she put a big hot meal on the back porch and it came up and ate it..used it's fingers, was aware she was watching, always licked the plate clean..and then, come spring, one night it didn't show up for supper...I believe her. What reason would she possibly have for inventing a tall tale and telling it to someone who was in no way at all going to make her "famous" or rich??

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but I never did fully trust the theory that each and every Neanderthal perished..

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Originally posted by anne cameron:
I LOVE Sasquatch stories and , yeah, I believe completely that they're out there. Some scoffers say oh yeah well how come... entire airplanes have been lost in the bush here, so shy creatures who do not want to be seen would probably have little trouble avoiding search parties.

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