In fact, the similarity in names is not much help at all. Well, here's one convincing factoid about the orang pendek: It sounds a lot like orangutan, so it's probably a relative or subspecies, and not some ridiculous cryptid with a wild sounding name like Bigfoot or Abominable Snowman. Apparently, the orang pendek has some mystical quality that makes even the most dedicated of eyewitnesses forget to use their cameras. Isn't it amazing that of all of us holding cameras, nobody thought to take a photograph? Well, just punch ourselves in the head for that one. Let's see if we can move a little closer - oh, there he goes! Watch him swing expertly up into the trees, and - wow, he's gone, just like that. Look at his small feet, which leave tracks surprisingly like those of the sun bear. Note the scientifically plausible facial features and body geometry. Ssssshhh! We're in a dense jungle on the island of Sumatra, quietly making our way toward a brownish, three-foot-tall ape that one of our party spotted walking upright.
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