All excited over Bigfoot
R. Sittamparam
JOHOR BARU, Thurs
Friday, January 27 2006
Yesterday?s announcement by the Johor Government that it will launch a full-scale scientific expedition to explore the Bigfoot phenomenon has caused much excitement among the local scientific community.
Scientists and researchers believe the announcement is an endorsement by the State Government that the Bigfoot phenomenon is not pseudo science or fantasy.
Zoologist Amlir Ayat said the expedition would verify the existence of the Bigfoot as some local academics had scoffed at scientists investigating it.
"The expedition will help us obtain more information about the elusive creature and substantiate the claims of the many people who had had encounters with Bigfoot.
"There is no reason for these people to lie about the Bigfoot sightings," said Amlir, who works as an environment consultant in Kuala Lumpur.
He added that there were many sceptics who doubt Bigfoot?s existence.
"The important thing is that the expedition must be carried out in a professional manner, not only with scientists participating but also the Orang Asli who have the expertise in jungle matters."
Amlir said there was a possibility of finding a creature like Bigfoot in Malaysian jungles considering that out of the 18 million unknown animal species in the world, about 70 per cent of them could be found in tropical forests.
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