Thursday, September 10, 2009MYSTERY animal researchers from Woolsery are heading to Indonesia in search of a yeti-like creature.
Four explorers from the Centre for Fortean Zoology, the world's largest mystery animal research organisation based in Woolsery, will be searching through the jungles of Sumatra on the hunt for the orang-pendek.
The yeti-like creature is described as a powerfully built and upright-walking beast, which the CFZ believe may be related to the orangutan and the yeti of mainland Asia.
The Kubu people, the first inhabitants of Sumatra will aid the team and the tribe and their chief are said to have seen the creature in their poorly explored jungle homelands.
The expedition's zoologist, Richard Freeman, said: "The orang-pendek is especially interesting as it is an ape that walks upright rather than on all fours.
"It may show us how our own ancestors first began bipedal locomotion.
"New species are turning up in Indonesia all the time — it is the real life lost world."
Wildlife photographer Jeremy Holden and Debbie Martyr, head of the Indonesian tiger conservation group are both said to have seen the orang-pendek in the past.
The CFZ said that huge horned snakes, alleged to be ten metres long, and a savage golden cat with a stubby tail and large canine fangs have also been reported in the Indonesian jungles.
Joining Richard on the adventure will be team leader Adam Davis, Dr Chris Clark and Dave Archer.
http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/news/Team-search-mystery-yeti-like-creature/article-1323429-detail/article.html
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