Cryptozoologists Confusion: Adeek, Illa, Sis

As mentioned here, the group the Seekers decided to sell their often-photographed Johor Bigfoot footcast (pictured in situ above and, as frequently recalled, immediately below). I have learned their recent starting bid was $30,000US. That was beyond what most people can afford, and their Malaysian eBay auction ended on September 27th with no bids.

All the "new" news about the cast reminded me that the identity of the woman (above) next to the cast should be tied down. Despite attempts to resolve the question of her name this week, she was misidentified by some informants as Adeek. Her identity is Illa.

As can be seen from photographs below, when these tracks were first found and unveiled at the Seekers’ news conference, three young women associated with the group appeared in several of the photographs, sometimes together, sometimes alone. These three women have been identified by the use of their shortened names Adeek, Illa, and Sis. They frequently wear shirts with these names on them.

Australian tracker Tony Burke stands behind, from left to right, Sis, Adeek, and Illa, in the Johor bush.

But to be concise and clear, please note, the woman with her hand extended, photographed near the cast often seen in the West, the image second from the top of this blog, is Illa, not Adeek.

Obviously, the attractiveness of these women are part of their celebrity television appeal and comments in the previous blog on this matter demonstrate hormonal awareness in readers here. However, with all due respect, these are women who are fully committed to being researchers of some significance, and culturally they are not as available as some male commenters on Cryptomundo appear to understand.

According to one of my informants, on the trail for the Johor Bigfoot, these "three young women from the Kuala Lumpur Seekers show…routinely carry daggers on stakeouts in the jungle. They have plenty of fans from their television appearances, but they discourage interactions with strange men who are not first vetted by fathers or brothers."

This image taken during the February trek shows Sis on the left, Illa on the right, as well as others. The man shown in the orange shirt is the security guard hired by the Mandt Bros production. The individual in the hat is Tony Burke, an Aussie tracker. Photograph courtesy of Jan McGirk, and it may be clicked to enlarge.

Another photograph of Illa courtesy of Jan McGirk, which also may be clicked to enlarge. She is wearing the same tee-shirt all three of the Seekers’ women have on in several Johor Bigfoot cast photos.

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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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