ORANG PENDEK
For over a century, people have been leaving the forests of Sumatra, Indonesia telling tales of immense fear taking hold of their body at the sight of a short bipedal ape with thick hair and a human-like face. It’s named the Orang Pendek. Despite sightings and expeditions funded by international organizations, nobody has been able to capture proof of this creature. With mass deforestation taking place, some worry this ape-cousin may be eradicated before we have the chance to study it. Alex Schlegel, member of a National Geographic camera trapping team, Jeremy Holden, a naturalist who spent years searching for the Orang Pendek, and Dally Sandradiputra, Indonesian cryptozoologist, speak about the efforts to research this unique animal.
CREDITS
Hosted by Ray Tarara
Written & Produced by R.J. Blake and Ray Tarara
Theme Music by Terra Monk
Special guests:
Alex Schlegel - http://www.orangpendek.org/
Dally Sandradiputra - http://dallynfriends-adventure.com/
Jeremy Holden - Fauna and Flora, Jeremy Holden’s Rainforest Diary
Additional Music By
Arrington de Dionyso, with Gombloh and Gamelan Gandrun Lombok
Additional Stock media provided by Sodabelly, odergh, MarvinUrias, HaeguMusic, frumpiemonkey, DFIX, A35_SOUND from Pond5.
A special thanks to Banyak Films for allowing us to sample audio from their documentary Man of the Forest.
SOURCES
OrangPendek.org - Author: Alex Schlegel
Man of the Forest by Banyak Films
Vice - Author: Renaldo Gabriel - Meet the Man Searching the Jungles of Indonesia for a Mythical Pint-Sized Bigfoot
Fauna-Flora International - https://www.fauna-flora.org/
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BigfootEncounters.com - Author: W.G. Wheatcroft, PHD. - Orang Pendek, The Little Bipedal Hominid of Sumatra.
MysteriousUniverse.org - Author: Nick Redfern - In Search of Sumatra’s Mysterious Ape: Orang-Pendek
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Cyptopedia - A Paranormal Podcast - 17 Littlefoot | Cryptid | Orang Pendek
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