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EXPLORER: Adam Davies with a cast of a footprint
EXPLORER: Adam Davies with a cast of a footprint

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Explorer's hunt for Yeti


10/ 6/2004

A PART-TIME "Indiana Jones" is returning to a jungle island hoping to bring back pictures of a Yeti.

Tests by experts at Cambridge University and in Australia have confirmed that a footprint and hairs previously brought back from Sumatra by Stockport explorer Adam Davies do not belong to any known species.

Now, civil servant Adam and colleague Adam Sanderson hope to bring back photographic proof that the mythical half-ape, half-man said to live in the jungle really exists.

Adam, from Bramhall, and his colleague, from Newcastle upon Tyne, made their amazing discovery while searching for the mythical orang-pendek - also known as the Sumatran Yeti.

The adventurers are now returning to the jungle with a team of local trackers hoping to bring back pictures of the creature, said to walk like a man.

Tales of the orang-pendek - "little man of the forest" - are part of the folklore of tribespeople in Sumatra, Indonesia.

The creature is said to be about 5ft, chocolate brown or orange and able to walk upright.

Sightings

According to folklore, it has incredible strength and speaks a language of its own.

Adam, 35, said: "We know it exists, and a few people have reported seeing it recently. Now we want to take photos of it.

"We are going back for about a month, and we will spend all that time in the jungle with a team of trackers concentrating on three or four spots where there have been sightings. We hope to pick up a trail, try to pick out some areas of elevation in the jungle and then fan out and observe the jungle silently.

"The rainforest is being chopped down. We hope that if we can get pictures, we will be able to help preserve the rainforest from illegal logging."

Following their discovery in September, 2001, the hairs were examined by world-renowned expert Dr Hans Brunner in Australia, who concluded that the DNA matched no known animal.

His findings were confirmed by Cambridge University primatologist Dr David Chivers.

He had previously told the M.E.N.: "The footprints I have looked at are unique. It has something in common with apes, gibbons and humans, but it is different."

Previous expeditions by the two explorers have included a trip to the Gobi Desert in search of the Mongolian Death Worm - a giant killer worm said to fire lightning from its eyes. They plan to return to Sumatra in September.


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   Good grief! If he wants to find specimens like the missing link, Neanderthals and such like just go to Manchester on a night out. He will also find evidence of CHAVUS-HALFWHITTUS. An unloved, un-evolved creature with its own unique behavioral patterns. Apparently they are very shy and difficult to detect near a Job Center or anywhere that sells soap. Natural habitats are also being destroyed as branches Maccys are closing down due to the uncertain future of these creatures. We need research into this rare (well ok, all too common) breed so we can find an antidote and eliminate them. I think Adam Davies is the ideal candidate to lead the hunt and the research. However, its dangerous out there, never mind the jungle Adam, have you been to Moston lately?
Fixit, Middleton
9/03/2006 at 16:01

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   There is more chance of me discovering life in my underwear than this whey-faced pen-pusher doing anything to benefit humanity. His inane expression of concern gives me severe rage. Please never publish his sanctimonious visage ever again. He should be ripped asunder by Sumatran monkeys.
Biggy Shackleton, Denton
9/03/2006 at 13:13

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