I am getting off on a tangent, but we are going to have to have a mass encounter with the critters, capture one, or invite one to the 11 0′clock news to get the real goods and settle the bet between us and the “pseudo-skeptics.”

Or at least the genus!

I’ve got a background in photography which includes the type of camera used to make the film. Hoaxing the film would’ve been very difficult. I side with the scientists who’ve reviewed it. The film is most likely genuine but lacks sufficient detail to be a reliable indicator of the existence of the species.

Please remember that even very good pictures, film or video won’t get the species recognized. However, they will spark debate and might bring about serious interest if proven to be genuine. Keep your cameras handy.

Larry Lesh

(1) “Patty” is almost black & they always make a suit with medium brown hair on it.
(2) They almost always make a suit with a long moustache, which “Patty” doesn’t have.
(3) “Patty” has basically no forehead like we have & apes don’t.
(4) The so-called experts are using modern day special effects technology in these attempts & the P/G film is nearly 39 years old.

The two things about the P/G film that convince me it’s not a hoax are the fact that there is no human-like forehead & in the M.K. Davis enhancement of the film, the creature apparently blinks its eyes. If they had somehow elevated the mask portion of the suit to hide the forehead of the person wearing it, the person’s eyes would be significantly lower than the eye holes in the mask.

Interestingly, Packham went to Malaysia in this programme, and seemed open minded about the existence of an undiscovered creature there. He said he considered the chances of Orang Pendek being real to be much greater than the chances of finding Sasquatch or Yeti, so he is not totally closed to the possibilities.

PS tell Man U to keep their hands of Carrick!