Orang pendek di Hutan Taman Nasional Kerinci Seblat, selama ini hanya legenda. Dari kakek nenek ke anak cucu, kisah turun temurun yang menjadi cerita rakyat. Tapi siapa sangka, cerita orang pendek ini sampai juga ke negeri barat. Tidak heran kalau mereka banyak yang datang ke Hutan Kerinci mencari orang pendek. Bahkan kata Dally Sandradiputra, pria…
Dally Sandradiputra, pria berusia 30-an tahun ini ke luar masuk hutan di kawasan Taman Nasional Kerinci Seblat. Dally mencari jejak orang pendek, misteri yang tidak pernah terpecahkan dan menjadi legenda di kawasan Hutan Sumatera. Baca juga: Cerita Irsyadi Melihat Suku Mante Bergerombol di Hutan Aceh Bisa berhari-hari Dally masuk hutan yang membentang di kawasan Jambi,…
CURUP RPP – Fotografer Padang, Pandeka, menggelar pameran fotografi tunggal di puncak Gunung Kaba mengusung tema ‘Rumah Gadang’, mulai hari ini Sabtu (24/9) hingga Minggu (25/9). Dia ke Rejang Lebong bersama 4 orang rekannya, dibantu Komunitas Back Packer Indonesia (BPI) Regional Bengkulu dan komunitas pecinta alam B.R.I.O Indonesia. Dikatakan Pandeka, rencananya setelah pameran di Puncak Gunung…
Introduction: Stories abound of pygmy hominins still inhabiting remote regions of the Indonesian archipelago. The most well known of these is the so called Ebu Gogo of Flores, however most of the recent reports circulating in the Indonesian media have come from the neighboring and much larger island of Sulawesi. In September of 2016…
Before being asked to leave the plantation by park rangers, over half a dozen villagers came to visit us to discuss their encounters with Orang Pendek or Orang Itam as they called them. Most of the reports were very recent which was excellent news, however I was also related two very fascinating stories that took place over forty years…
Several months ago I was finally able to get a hold of Professor Sykes’ latest book NATURE OF THE BEAST, in which the renowned human geneticist from Oxford documents his search for DNA evidence to support the existence of anomalous primates and relict hominds. Although the release date of the book was moved on at least two occasions, his conclusions regarding the Yeti hair samples remain unchanged: an archaic proto-polar bear inhabits both the western and…
Eyewitness: Mr. Rahman Kitab and his wife.Date: 2004Location: Rawa Bento Swamp Forest Approximately halfway between the towering Kerinci volcano and the mysterious mountain lake Gunung Tujuh lies an extensive tract of marshland and jungle-clad hills known as the Rawa Bento Swamp Forest. This area has an interesting history of Orang Pendek sighting and some of the first tracks ever described by…
Eyewitness: Mr. Jur Date: 1987 Location: Danau Gunung Tujuh At almost 2000m above sea level ,Danau Gunung Tujuh (the Lake of Seven Peaks) is the highest lake in southeast Asia and is reputed to have a depth of 250m. This crater lake has long been considered by the inhabitants of the Kerinci region to be the home of a short but powerfully built primate whom they call Tirraw, and…
Eyewitness: Mr.Matidris Date: 1980 Location: Rawa Bento Swamp Forest While traversing through dense rainforest in the late morning about an hour from his village, Mr.Matidris made his way into a clearing where to his shock he saw two creatures walking side by side. Frightened by the angry looking expression on their faces he quickly climbed up a…
Eyewitness: Mr.Poniman Date: November 1980 Location: Planation on Gunung Kerinci On a sunny morning around 9am Mr.Poniman made his way up to the end of a potato plantation on the slopes of Mount Kerinci. Like many of the inhabitants of the area,he worked the fields surrounding this enormous stratovolcano and had visited this particular location countless times but this day was to be very…