Comments on: New Johor Bigfoot Track

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:26:48 +0000

And I still think this footprint is not very informative. Whether it is a bad print, or lousy ground, it is not immediately apparent what it is. It could be a bunch of different things except a hominid print. Were any other prints around the site photographed?

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:15:35 +0000

Good idea, shumway. I wonder what made it so angry?

By: DWA

DWA — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:28:33 +0000

Shumway: interesting.

And of course not the way I initially reacted. I thought: elephants do this; primates don’t. And of course this isn’t necessarily true, for either elephants or primates.

Funny you rang. I was just reading John Bindernagel’s assertions of how sas behavior when confronted with humans and their works can be seen to be pretty close to a mirror of that of the other great apes. This was part of what motivated Bindernagel to go big time into the sas field (he’s a wildlife biologist, talk about your timely intercessions). And of course Bindernagel notes: shy and retiring. Most of the time.

But certainly not always.

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:22:33 +0000

Actually, I think this is a decent footprint on lousy ground. I see no markings for boots at all, and at least this one looks like it should be from a homid. Remember the prints they took pictures of while making a cast (the one with the 2 beauties)? The “big toe” was out to the side. This is either someone with huge feet or the real deal. Oh, mystery_man, you were wondering why an elusive, shy creature would do such destruction? My dad’s uncle has something similiar happen at a logging landing. The evidence pointed towards sasquatch because there were only large footprints for tracks, so no heavy equipment to help in lifting, and full 50 gal. barrels were thrown against trees, some even split open from the impact, plus their brand new CAT (when caterpillar first sold their tractors) was pushed on its side. So, this is what I have always said, the shy, elusive creature we have come to know and love can get violent when something really makes them angry. For my great uncle, he thinks that either someone made it angry before it hit the landing or that their landing was right in the middle of its path (I’m thinking regular walking path).

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:58:57 +0000

Unfortunately, my red flag goes up when I hear anything about goings on in Malaysia. This rather poor photo of what could be so many things doesn’t help. Looks to me like it could very well be a footprint of a young elephant that slided in the mud while it was trampling the area. I also wonder why, if these were hominids, they would go on a rampage and trash this rubber plantation. It just doesn’t seem in keeping with the habits of an elusive, shy creature to me.

By: jasonpix6

jasonpix6 — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:50:48 +0000

what’s wrong? can’t y’all see the dermal ridges?

By: DWA

DWA — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:47:30 +0000

It does seem odd to see a purported primate print, purportedly that fresh, that leaves no toeprints.

By: mememe

mememe — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:51:13 +0000

Here is an uploaded larger image of the above photo. When ThumbSnaps page loads click the big image should load the bigger image.

Hope it helps people decided.

By: jjames1

jjames1 — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:50:55 +0000

EastexQueenB, that’s the first thing I thought, too: boot print.

By: EastexQueenB

EastexQueenB — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:14:20 +0000

Is it just me, or is that a boot print?