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The Bat-man Returns

Reports of a man-ape creature in Indonesia might be all due to a misunderstanding

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A new eyewitness account of the orang bati! [FT255:52–53] It is understandable that I rubbed my hands and hummed the tune of Batman as I started reading, but soon found myself disappointed. The picture of a Homo habilis (right) that, according to the witness, came close to what she saw also came close to what I saw in the Moluccas: it resembled an old, little Moluccan… maybe an ugly one. The fact that he didn’t seem to be impressed by the car also makes sense. Most Molucc­ans are not impressed by cars; they have seen them before. He was eating from a box.

 

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