OK, I found this very interesting 1855 book review that includes a report of a
hairy man of Sumatra. I wonder if this original book (Prison of Weltevreden, and a Glance at
the East Indian Achipelego) could be obtained to see what exactly he wrote about them?

tirademan


Orang Kubu (Hairy Man of Sumatra) 1855
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu
Putnam's monthly magazine of American literature, science and art. / Volume 6,
Issue 36
December 1855
Page 251
WALTER M. GIbson, who, for
some time past, has been flying like a
shuttlecock between the American and
Dutch Governments, and who has given
our Charge at the Hague the only real
business he has had these ten years, has
put his adventures, which led to the
difficulty, into a book. It is called the
Prison of Weltevreden, and a Glance at
the East Indian Achipelego, and we have
passed several hours of pleasant reading
over it....
Page 252
....During this same visit he also saw one
of the Orang Kubu, a hairy man, of
Sumatra, of whose existence, we believe,
the ethuologists doubt; but Mr. Gibson
cannot, without disputing his own eye-
sight. They are covered with a soft, glossy
hair, over the whole hody, but in other
respects are entirely human, with tall,
strong forms, and rather pleasing expres-
sion of face. The story among the Malays
is, that they inhabit the trees of the inte-
rior, have no religion or political society,
live upon fish and fruits, and utter short,
grunting sounds for words. They are de-
scribed as even inferior to the Papuans or
Hottentots, and as a kind of connecting
link in natural history between the orang-
outang and man. Mr. Gibson's attempt
to penetrate into the interior, to find this
strange race of beings, was one cause of
his being arrested by the Dutch. His
book, save what the boatswain said of the
first chapters, which have "too much fancy
tackle on board, and a long while in
getting to sea among the pirates and
Dutch," is exceedingly interesting; and
quite forces one to believe, with the
author, that "Sumatra, only thought of
along with tigers, pirates, and pepper, is,
perhaps, the last refuge of romance on
earth."

Very good topic I feel. I have been thinking for a while now that the orang-pendek would be one of the first ones found to be true. It is I believe the only one that is really being founded and that means a LOT. If I am not mistaken the main research being done there started as something else. But the people doing the research seen one and some foot prints. That changed their interest in things and now they are looking for the orang-pendek much more. I have seen where they captured some pictures with camera traps of animals that was thought to be extinct there. As well as some that are hardly ever seen.

I also feel that it is not the same species as the Bigfoot. I am one of the people who believe that different parts of the world have different species of animals being seen. Some I believe are just different apes that are unknown like the orang-pendek I feels falls into this one. Some I believe are Neanderthals that have survived. Others I feel are Gigantopithecus that have stayed alive some places. I feel the American Bigfoot falls into this one.