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A group of British explorers claim to have found
irrefutable proof of a "Yeti-like" creature on an
Indonesian island.
The team has discovered a footprint and hair
samples of a primate which has long lived in the mythology of
tribes people in Western Sumatra.
A cast of the footprint and strands of coarse
hair are being sent to research institutes at Oxford University
and the University of Canberra in Australia for verification.
If the finds are substantiated, they could provide
valuable scientific clues to an unidentified creature which
could hold the key to the missing link between humans and apes.
Andrew Sanderson, Newcastle upon Tyne, Adam
Davies from Stockport, and Keith Towley from Macclesfield, spent
three weeks in the rainforests tracking a creature called Orang
Pendek - meaning 'Little Man of the Forest'.
Sightings on the island describe the creature
as being 5ft tall with chocolate-brown, orange hair. It's distinguishing
feature is its humanlike gait - walking upright on its back
legs without the aid of its front fists.
Crypto-zoologist Mr Sanderson said: "Over
the years there have been many sightings of the yeti, but no
one has actually come up with any concrete evidence. We seem
to be the first people to do that.
"We didn't see the creature ourselves but
we tracked it for several weeks and we managed to make a plaster
cast of one of its footprints. It is absolutely perfect and
experts are already beginning to get excited about it."
A digital re-print of the footprint has been
sent to Colin Groves, a professor of primatology at the University
of Canberra. The hair samples are being sent to the micro biology
unit at Oxford University. The group hope that DNA testing will
prove the existence of a previously undiscovered primate.
Despite the potential scepticism for such a
find, the team remain confident that their discovery is unique.
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