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CFZ expedition orang pendek sighting near Lake Gunung Tujuh

September 2009 · Forest around Lake Gunung Tujuh, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Jambi Province, Sumatra

Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources

22Thinly documented

Debbie Martyr's orang pendek sighting, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra (1994)

September 1994 · Gunung Tujuh area, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Kerinci Regency, Jambi, Sumatra

Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources

16Thinly documented

Van Herwaarden's Sedapa in the Tree, Poeloe Rimau, Sumatra (1923)

October 1923 · Poeloe Rimau (Pulau Rimau), Palembang residency, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies

Cryptid · Creature · 32 sources

19Thinly documented

Oostingh's orang pendek encounter at Bukit Kaba, Sumatra, 1917

June 1917 · Eastern foot of Bukit Kaba, Residency of Benkoelen (now Rejang Lebong Regency, Bengkulu), Sumatra

Cryptid · Creature · 33 sources

19Thinly documented

The Grottendieck stone-fall, Sumatra 1903

September 1903 · Oil-company camp in the Sumatran jungle, Dutch East Indies (probably the Palembang region)

Paranormal · Other · 15 sources

19Thinly documented

Names7

Sumatra Place · 5 stories
A large island of the Dutch East Indies, and the home ground of the orang pendek.
Bernard Heuvelmans Person · 51 stories
A Belgian-French zoologist, often called the founder of cryptozoology.
Richard Freeman Person · 7 stories
A zoologist with the Centre for Fortean Zoology, Richard Freeman turns up wherever the archive's strange animals lead.
Podmore Person · 6 stories
Frank Podmore worked for the Society for Psychical Research.
Debbie Martyr Person · 4 stories
A British journalist and former travel writer.
orang pendek Term · 4 stories
The name means "short person".
Nottingham Place · 3 stories
An English city with an old fairy reputation on its western edge.

Documents10 · see all

Central Intelligence Bulletin- 1958/04/08 FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1958-04-08· 12 pages· 4 pages mention it
- p. 3 …Indonesia - Reports indicate early government assault on Padang-Bukittinggi area of Central Sumatra. Cyprus - EOKA terrorists intensify sabotage operations. ## III…
- p. 9 …Reports of an impending Padang attack are given credibility by the withdrawal of paratroopers from Medan in North Sumatra and…
Central Intelligence Bulletin- 1958/03/14 FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1958-03-14· 25 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 5 …Reports of un- (A/£”_ identified’submarine contacts in the western Atlantic WK Central Sumatra for 17 March and ..wi’ll…
- p. 14 Situation 1n IId011BSlEl An amphibious attack on the Padang area of Central Sumatra 1s set for l7 March Approved…
The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance; the U-2 and Oxcart Programs, 1954-1974 FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1900-01-01· 406 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 225 …of dissident Indonesian Army officers on the island of Sumatra. By 25 September 1957, the National Security Council had become…
- p. 388 …80 fighter 10,45 P-80 Shooting Star 45 P2V7 222 P3A 222 Pacific Ocean 247 Padang, West Sumatra 212
CIA-UAP-003, The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance; The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974 Official release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1954· 406 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 225 …of dissident Indonesian Army officers on the island of Sumatra. By 25 September 1957, the National Security Council had become…
- p. 388 …West Sumatra 212 6ee,et
FOIA Case Log January-March 2009 FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2020-10-08· 71 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 60 …2010-00146 CONFLICT IN THE ACE_H REGION OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA BETWEEN INDONESIAN ARMED FORCES & THE FREE ACEH MOVEMENT & CONFLICT…
- p. 61 …ELDRIDGE CLEAVER LEADER OF THE INTERN'L SECTION IN ALGERIA CONFLICT IN THE ACEH REGION OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA BETWEEN INDONESIAN…
The Army Air Forces in World War II, Vol. 1 (archived PDF) Document

Air Force Historical Studies Office· 863 pages· 6 pages mention it
- p. 437 …The bombers returned that night to the Lhoknga emer- gency field in northern Sumatra, from which they flew to Malang…
- p. 783 …This shows that British forces were concentrated in Burma, Malaya, Sumatra, and Borneo. The Aus- tralians had ground forces not…

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Videos27 · see all

The Eerie 'Orang Pendek' or 'Short Men' of Sumatra

From Oostingh's orang pendek encounter at Bukit Kaba, Sumatra, 1917

Orang Pendek: Mystery Ape of Sumatra

From Oostingh's orang pendek encounter at Bukit Kaba, Sumatra, 1917

Sumatran Legends: Discovering the Orang Pendek

From Oostingh's orang pendek encounter at Bukit Kaba, Sumatra, 1917

Orang Pendek Expedition 2: Sumatra's Sasquatch Caught on Camera

From Oostingh's orang pendek encounter at Bukit Kaba, Sumatra, 1917

Dally Sandradiputra (Orang Pendek, Orang Gadang) Sumatran Cryptid

From Van Herwaarden's Sedapa in the Tree, Poeloe Rimau, Sumatra (1923)

Sumatran Legends: Discovering the Orang Pendek

From Van Herwaarden's Sedapa in the Tree, Poeloe Rimau, Sumatra (1923)

The Legendary Ape-Men of Sumatra: The Orang Pendek

From Van Herwaarden's Sedapa in the Tree, Poeloe Rimau, Sumatra (1923)

Orang Pendek: Ape Like Cryptid of Sumatra

From Van Herwaarden's Sedapa in the Tree, Poeloe Rimau, Sumatra (1923)

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