Talking To Vincent Chow on the Appearance of the Johor Bigfoot
From the private collection of photographs that Vincent Chow has been shown, he has now described, in some detail, how he says the Malaysian Mawas or Johor Bigfoot appear to him. The following is a collection of the various statements from Chow of their descriptions.
While we all can debate the reality of the photographs, what and when they will look like when and if they are released, the drawings and descriptions can be accessed and analyzed, just as we do with eyewitness details, in our feeble human attempt to understand what we are dealing with now. Needless to say, I want to see these photos as much as the next person, but I am not going to neglect that the data is piling up, in the meantime, on the Malaysian front. I’ve always found it best to digest my meals a little at a time, and eat slowly.
Vincent Chow’s Descriptions
Mawas seem to be scattered in numbers and often leave footprints after their forays into areas of human settlements (fringes of forests, villages, orchards, stream sides, pond-sides etc.). Sightings reveal a tall individual, height variously estimated between 8-10 feet. Females are shorter , have hairy breasts, smaller heads. Juveniles 4-5 ft. Very pronounced ridge on eyebrow.
Colour darker compared to reddish-brown adults. Reports of sounds made by them to be guttural and low to high pitch. No record of causing harm to domestic animals or humans.
Males:. Arms strong and feet large.
General morphology indicates that they are not anywhere near to ape but more to Homo sapiens.
Little resemblance to the orang hutan (the real mawas).
As a tropical species, it has adapted to the high humidity and temperatures by wearing a thinner coat of fur or hair as compared to the Sasquatch.
Male: tall, est. to be 8-9 ft. Face looks human but nostrils rather flared, eyes , relatively larger than ours, double eyelids. face charismatic and with deep intense stare. Rather handsome but face wrinkled. Upper lip thinner than lower.
Chest sparsely hairy as well as areas where joints are found esp. limbs). Barrel-chested. Genitals: penis and scrotum very visible. Penis hooded.
Illustration: Drawing by Harry Trumbore, from The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates by Loren Coleman and Patrick Huyghe. © 2006.
Okay, let’s see…I keep expanding everyone’s information base on this as I learn more and more, and yet I am criticized for not answering questions even though I have been doing exactly that by writing more and more on this story. One man’s hype is another person’s enhanced data collection, I guess.
You cannot make everyone happy all the time.
I’ve said it in many ways, in many forms, and more. I don’t have these photos to release, Chow does not either. If someone is in control of the photos, has the copyrights, and there’s the chance of verifying, learning more, and actually getting even better photos, why rush the process? Certainly considering the tone and lack of patience of some people here, I’m happy that we have Vincent Chow on the case, who appears to have the right mix of intelligence, patience, and good relationships with the locals to obtain good intel and info.
“When and where,” “when and why,” and “when and if,” are useful cautionary phrases I often employ when I am on this side of an investigation. I’m actually a positive but realistic investigator.
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