Comments on: Orang Pendek Track Photo Released

By: TheHighlandTiger

TheHighlandTiger — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:55:28 +0000

@cryptidsrus

There are canine tracks visible in the top photo.

They can be seen at about “6 O’clock” just inside the red circle, and at “5 O’clock” just outside the red circle

By: korollocke

korollocke — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:01:14 +0000

Oh come on now! None of three look the same let alone big enough to have come from a man sized homind/ape/monkey/primate/etc… They had cameras to take pics of the so called tracks, but not the living “thing” they claim to have seen in the trees?

By: Hoytshooter

Hoytshooter — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:02:01 +0000

The only difference between the Sun and the National Enquirer, here in the US, is the Sun is famous for its half-naked girls. I don't know why anyone in their right mind would use it as a way to release any kind of real information to the world. Makes me wonder more and more if the real reason for this expedition wasn't for making a quick buck (pound?) or two.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:55:22 +0000

Folks, please read more carefully. There are photos with scale (not shown), and even one published here, with a hand (shown), as well as one or more without (shown). The Sun having published one of the ones without scale does not mean that they all were without scale. As to the question of why no casts were taken, well, that's another matter entirely.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:26:08 +0000

Mr. Clark—

Thanks for the update.

That was funny. I ALSO would not want my name in The Sun.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:23:03 +0000

It would have been better had they hired a good publicist. And the lack of scale is troubling. The lack of cameras has already been explained, though.

On the other hand, the “evidence” presented here is at least encouraging. More good stuff should come to light after agood accounting of what is avaliable as “evidence” is sifted through here—

I do have to say this—
Alton Higgins—

Dog tracks? Call me “Dog Illiterate,” but those do not look “Doglike” to me.

Mildly Indistinct, yes. But Dog-Like, not quite.
I guess the lack of scale enforces the indistinct quality and enables one to see “whatever one wants to.”

By: greatanarch

greatanarch — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:17:37 +0000

No worries, we took several photos of the track with a steel rule alongside for scale. The Sun (for the benefit of non-UK readers) is a tabloid newspaper best known for half-naked girls, and doesn’t select photos for their scientific value.

And personally, I am much happier when my name does not appear in The Sun.

Chris Clark

By: JMonkey

JMonkey — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:55:05 +0000

I have to agree with everyone else. If the DNA was unknown or inconclusive even a fuzzy photo would have helped to back up this claim. The footprint is hard to make out, and when you get a close look at it, you have that many more questions. I would have to say Gibbon as well, especially when I add in the sketch, which sort of looks like one.

By: TheHighlandTiger

TheHighlandTiger — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:48:45 +0000

Now I’ve had a good look at the first print, I don’t think there is any indication that there is an ape track there. It looks to me as though it is a mass of several tracks overlaying a small dip in the ground.

I can see canine, feline and hoofed tracks, which is to be expected on a natural trackway in the forest. But I cannot see any clear primate tracks.

Strange

By: whiteriverfisherman

whiteriverfisherman — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:58:32 +0000

This story has not had an affect my excitement meter at all. In order to prove these animals exist one will need to be captured or find a dead one. I find it difficult to believe that this animal was a mere 100 feet from the witnesses and they did not even attempt to take a photo. Why? Because the camera may not have focused properly…what the hell? I am pretty sure most people would have taken as many pics as possible.

I see nothing in the print pictures that help prove anything either.

The DNA samples will not help prove anything and will probably end up testing inconclusive or unknown.

Sorry, nothing here to get exited about.