Drawing of the Malaysian "Bigfoot"

Over at Cryptomundo, Loren Coleman comments on the first purported eyewitness sketch of the Malaysian "Bigfoot" that has been the subject of a media "monster flap" in recent weeks. This illustration comes from an article today in the New Straits Times, titled "Closing in on Bigfoot, foreign media set to descend on Johor." About this sketch, Loren writes:

 Wp-Content MalaysiabfThe sketch appears to illustrate the more distinctive Malaysian unknown hairy hominid, which technically is a more humanlike cryptid, and very different that the classic, stocky Pacific Northwest USA's Bigfoot or Sasquatch. I have previously discussed in my and Patrick Huyghe's field guide, as has Mark A. Hall in his books, how the Malaysian unknown hairy hominoid reports divide into two quite separate types: those of the True Giant and the accounts of the more humanoid, Erectus Hominid variety.

This drawing, if it actually does originate from eyewitness sightings in Malaysia – and there's no guarantee that this is the case – clearly shows one of the latter. If this is an image that we are to definitely now associate with the new wave of Malaysian encounters, it does reinforce the diversity of unknown hairy hominoids, and adds weight to calling this something other than "Bigfoot."

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