Is this evidence of the Orang Pendek?

An Orang Pendek handprint? Photo: Andrew Sanderson

CFZ zoological director Richard Freeman has had a third article published in The Guardian about our expedition in search of the Orang Pendek:

"Even in this age of satellite mapping and global positioning, there remain "lost worlds" where few humans tread and where species of animal unrecognised by science live. Kerinci Seblat National Park in West Sumatra is one such place. The size of a small country, its dim, steamy interior has never been explored properly. Last month I returned to these jungles for the fourth time to track an elusive and, as yet, unrecorded species of ape known to the locals as the orang pendek or "short man".

"This year's expedition was the largest of its kind ever to visit the area. It consisted of two teams. The first, made up of Adam Davies (expedition leader at the Centre for Fortean Zoology), Dave Archer, Andrew Sanderson and myself, would concentrate on the highland jungles around Lake Gunung Tujuh. The second team, consisting of Dr Chris Clark, Lisa Malam, Rebecca Lang, Mike Williams, Jon McGowan and Tim De Frel would have their base in the "garden" area – the more open, semi-cultivated land that abuts onto the true forest."

Read the full article here.

The CFZ's Richard Freeman wrote these two articles prior to the CFZ Sumatra Expedition kicking off.

On the trail of the Orang Pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape

Orang Pendek quest begins in Sumatra