What we have learned from Bigfoot is that a significant population ofrather smart primates who rely on a completely different ecologicalniche have little trouble avoiding interaction with us. They knowhow and when to hang low. More, our dogs are scared of them.
Some time back I posted an excellent report on a small primate inCentral Park no less that was clearly evading observation. It madeclear that such a creature may well exist and that its foot sizewould not elicit any attention or controversy. Thus the drivingcharacteristic of the Bigfoot was missing.
In short, this would be a far more difficult creature to track down.
Although we have this surprising occurrence in Central Park, thecreature has plenty of remote country to occupy and avoid any form ofhuman contact. Without large colonies we would find it difficult tolocate even a denning site.
None of this spells out what they eat. The easy assumption is deerand rabbits with selected plants and fruit in season. We also canpresume grubs and its like which are likely plentiful in the forest. There are plenty of options.
Richard’s on thetrail of Littlefoot
http://naturalplane.blogspot.ca/2012/09/just-facts-melbourne-ufo.html
NOTE: here's an article about cryptozoologist, author, friendand colleague Richard Freeman
RICHARDFreeman is a long-time pal of mine.
Overthe years we’ve shared conference platforms together,chased hairy ape-like monsters and generally engaged in a variety ofother pursuits, both mundane and bizarre.
Richardis one of the world’s greatest experts in the field ofcryptozoology – the study of mystery animals – and asregular readers know has written quite a few books on the subject.
His latestcontribution is entitled ORANG PENDEK: Sumatra's Forgotten Ape
In it, hedetails his ongoing search for one of the earth’s most enigmaticand elusive creatures.
Whenpeople think of hairy bipedal mystery animals most pictureBigfoot,but, as Richard points out, “for every Bigfoot there’s aLittlefoot”.
What on earthcould he mean? Well, the Orang Pendek fits that descriptionperfectly, for most estimates place it at around 5ft in height.
Withits nut-brown hair and immensely powerful limbs, the Orang Pendekroams the jungles of Sumatra and has, up till now, managed to avoidbeing captured and taxonomically classified.
Some scholarsdeny that the Orang Pendek exists, but they are slowly dwindling.
Some expertshave actually seen the Sumatran mystery ape themselves, and areinterviewed by Richard in his book.
The creature,if not seen, is nevertheless often heard. Those who have been soprivileged say that it utters something akin to a long groan followedby two short grunts.
Talesof “Little Men of the Forest” go back centuries, andcan be found in countries such as Peru, Brazil, New Guinea, Indonesiaand Australia to name but a few.
They may notall be of the Orang Pendek type, but some of them may be related.
One creature similar to the Orang Pendek is the Watu waMiti of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, which has a terrible reputation forbeing hostile towards humans, particularly women.
TheOrang Pendek is said to be highly intelligent, a fact which wouldseem to be supported by its ability to avoid detection despitemonumental efforts by the likes of Richard and hiscryptid-hunting colleagues.
Another red-haired dwarf apeis the legendary Nain Rouge, which is said to inhabit the more remoteparts of the State of Michigan in the US.
Like the Watuwa Miti, the Nain Rouge can be extremely aggressive towards humans.
Intriguingly,the Nain Rouge is said to have a green, leaf-shaped patch of skinunder each eye, similar to the blue patches seen in the same placebeneath the eyes of a mandrill baboon.
Is it reallypossible that not one but possibly dozens of diminutive ape-likespecies could still exist, undetected, in various parts of the globe?
It mostcertainly is.
We tend tothink of the USA as being predominantly urbanised, or at least welltravelled, but the truth is that literally thousands of square milesof that nation are unexplored.
One questionoften raised by sceptics is the issue of carcasses.
Why, if suchcreatures exist, do we never seem to find the bodies of deceasedspecimens?
One reason isthat nature is remarkably efficient at disposing of them, even largecarcasses such as those of bears.
Fleshrots or is devoured by scavengers, bones are covered with organicdetritus or dragged away by larger carnivores and, often within 48hours depending on the location and conditions, there willbe little left to see. - shieldsgazette
The remains of the apeman, dubbed Little Foot, were discovered in a cave complex at Sterkfontein by a local South African team in 1997. Its bones preserved in sediment layers, it is the most complete hominid fossil skeleton ever found.
http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/little-foot-22/
(Photo Credit: Alf Latham and used with his permission)Redating news published today calls for a younger age for the unknown species of Australopithecus popularly called "Little Foot," or technically "Stw 573."Initially, the species had been tentatively dated to three to four million years before present, but the new findings show the small upright Australopithecus died only about 2.2 million years ago.Why is this important? Articles about it are appearing with the headline that says it all: "Ancient Ape Ruled Out Of Man’s Ancestral Line" (see an example here).These news items summarize it this way:"The first recognisable stone tools appeared in Africa around 2.6 million years ago, but they were not made by Australopiths. Rather it is thought the first tool maker was Homo habilis, whose evolution is believed to have led directly to man. Rather than being older than Homo habilis – and a possible direct ancestor – Little Foot is more likely a distant cousin."One of the analysts, Dr. Alf Latham who assisted in these findings (see his photograph below), emails me that “the skull is now out and on show in Joburg.” (“Joburg” is short for the City of Johannesburg, South Africa.)Over at Talk Origins, they make some interesting observations about the hands and feet of "Little Foot":"The hand bones of Stw 573 seem to be like those of modern humans in being relatively unspecialized, having a short palm and fingers compared to modern apes. They lack the long, strong fingers used by chimps and gorillas for knucklewalking, and the elongation of the hand found in the highly arboreal gibbons and orang-utans. However the phalange (finger) bones which are visible from the side are curved like those of the Australopithecus afarensis skeleton Lucy, indicating they were probably used in climbing."Additionally, [Ronald] Clarke considers that the feet of Stw 573 are a very good match for the 3.7 million year old footprint trails discovered at Laetoli by Mary Leakey’s team."In now seems clear that there have been several examples of overlapping fossil species in Africa; the news on "Little Foot" is more confirmation. In Patrick Huyghe’s and my field guide, we wrote:"In 1975, a nearly complete skull of an ancient early human, since named Homo ergaster, was unearthed from the same two million year old sediment at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, that six years earlier had revealed a nearly complete skull of the tall, robust, crested apeman Paranthropus boisei. These and later findings, including some from South Africa, suggests that less than two million years ago, there were actually six species of hominids coexisting in southern and eastern Africa; three were different species of the large and robust apemen Paranthropus, and three were species of early humans, Homo (habilis, rudolfensis, andergaster)."
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