Exclusive: Johor Bigfoot Cast Copy

Joshua Gates – shown above on his investigative trek in Malaysia with Seekers Sis and Illa – reveals to Cryptomundo the startling news that an excellent first generation copy of the Johor Bigfoot cast sits safely in California.

Illa shows off the cast last February, as photographed from a different angle, above, as opposed to the often seen image, below.

Joshua Gates, above, was involved with obtaining the original Johor cast, in the jungle.

But, as it turns out, a copy was made; see the photo directly above, which was previsiously published as showing the original. Gates is shown below in the act of accepting the never-before revealed copy. He writes me that this cast was made directly from the original Kota Tinggi print’s cast: “Since The Malaysian government was adamant about the original cast remaining in country, we quickly created another mold from the original and copied the casting using soft clay to create a negative and plaster of Paris to create another print. The second cast is here in Los Angeles.”

But it also brings up the question, if the Malaysian government would not allow the original cast to be taken out of the country for study earlier this year, why are they allowing the Seekers to sell it to the highest bidder anyplace in the world now? Why is the Malaysian government allowing the original cast to leave their country now, when, in fact, they previously banned such a move, and probably to a wealthy American?

Loren Coleman About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct). Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015. Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.

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