JOHOR BARU: A book on the Johor Bigfoot, said to include exclusive photographs of the elusive creature, has caused a stir among cryptozoologists around the world.
The book authored by local writers and researchers, including the man in the thick of Bigfoot research in Johor, Vincent Chow, is set to be released in the next few months.
Chow said yesterday he had seen the Bigfoot photographs, which belonged to an individual.
He added the individual wished to remain anonymous for the time being.
"The owner of the photographs has only agreed to allow them to be used in our book.
"All I can say is that the photographs are convincing and all visible signs point towards the possibility that the Johor Bigfoot could be a variant of the Homo erectus species of hominids (creature resembling humans), thought to have gone extinct some 50,000 years ago or that it is an unknown hominid."
Loren Coleman, a leading cryptozoologists, in his website Cryptomundo.com, open- ed a discussion on Thursday on the new book and received a flood of comments from the international community of cryptozoologists and Bigfoot enthusiasts.
Coleman, who has authored several books on the Bigfoot subject, said Chow’s revelation that the photographs showed the creature’s genitalia, could be proof of the creature’s sexual dimorphism.
"When Vincent Chow’s book shows the Bigfoot photographs, I will shout a hearty ‘congratulations’ to him.
"Yes, as he says, many will have the last laugh on this one. I will be especially happy for all the (Bigfoot) eyewitnesses who have had to tolerate ridicule merely for reporting what they saw."
Coleman said the reality of a living fossil existing, such as Homo erectus, would be earth-shattering.
"If Chow’s findings pan out, look for some revolutionary new thoughts within anthropology, palaeoanthropology, hominology and cryptozoology. As Chow has told me, what he is talking about are ‘photographs of the real McCoys’.
"I am happy to announce I will be one of the contributors to his book."
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