Malaysian trekkers report fresh footprints of 'Bigfoot'
The Deseret News
January 13, 1995

Deutsche Presse Agentur

1995 - KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia - As he hunt for a massive hairy creature called "Bigfoot" entered its sixth day Thursday, Malaysian trekkers stumbled upon fresh footprints indicating they were close to its hide-out, investigators said. Army and police units, wildlife experts and jungle tribes joined the search dubbed "Operasi Kaki Besar" in Malay, or "Operation Bigfoot."

They combed several thousand square miles of dense jungle surrounding Tanjung Piai in Johor, the southernmost state of the Malaysian peninsula, where reports of sightings were first received.

Tension mounted when superstitious villagers and jungle tribes feared that the fresh "footprints" could belong to another "Bigfoot," despite government efforts to assure them that there was only one "Bigfoot," not two.

Tribesmen burned twigs and dried leaves, banged tin cans and gongs, performed ritual dances and kept a 24-hour vigil with spears in an attempt to drive away the creature, which they said had been sent to Malaysia by evil forces.

The eight-foot-tall creature's fresh footprints, found in dense undergrowth, measure about 1 1/2 feet long and display only four toes, investigators said.

Copyright: Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service.

According to the INFO Journal Fall 1969 (vol. 2, no. 1), a "giant" was seen in Malaysia that was over 17 feet tall in 1966.

Footprints were found that were 18 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 5 inches deep.

Credit: John Moore
W/permission: From the files of Ron Schaffner October 26, 2001

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