Adam Davies to Lead Research Team
I was in touch with cryptozoologist Adam Davies today and he informed me that he’ll be leading an expedition to India in search of legendary ape men known locally as the Mande Burung (forest man). The date for expedition has been confirmed for the last week of October, 2010.
The Mande Burung is described as a bipedal apelike creature similar to North America’s Bigfoot or Sasquatch, Australia’s Yowie, and the Yeti of the Himalayas. The cryptid is most commonly seen in the West Garo Hills district of the state of Meghalaya in India.
This remote region of India borders Bangladesh, and sightings of these strange, upright-walking hominoids have been reported by many of the local villagers.
I’m sure the hilly jungle terrain that these creatures are said to inhabit will prove to be challenging, but Adam Davies and his team of cryptid researchers are experienced at overcoming such difficult territory, having endured the Congolese jungles and swamps, the dizzying heights of the Himalayas, and the searing heat of the Gobi Desert — among other demanding and dangerous locales.
For further information regarding the adventures of cryptid researcher Adam Davies, I highly recommend that you read his book Extreme Expeditions, which I’ve reviewed in the Book Review section of this website. Extreme Expeditions is published by Anomalist Books.
No word just yet from Adam as to whether the Mande Burung expedition to India will be filmed and shown on History Channel’s MonsterQuest program, but I’ll update this post and let everyone know just as soon as I have a confirmation either way.
UPDATE: I was in contact with Adam again this morning, and he informed me that no further episodes of History Channel’s MonsterQuest will be made — i.e., they’re done, except in reruns. I don’t know if that’s news to most of the readers of this blog, but it was news to me! Shame, because it was a good program. Hopefully, some other similar show will make its way to television and Adam will be a part of it.
Adam did go on to say that there was some discussion with the BBC about filming this latest expedition in October, but they were unable to work out the date. Davies and his team are already committed to the late October start date and could not change their arrangements in order to accommodate the BBC. Encouraging, however, that they BBC has expressed interest, and I’m hoping that they’ll cover some of Adam’s future cryptozoological research expeditions.
John, thank you very much for wishing me well on the expedition.I will let you know how I get on!
You’re very welcome, of course! I’m sure we’ll be in contact before then, and I’ll look forward to hearing about your findings afterward.
Good to see this here. Sir Davies, looking forward to meet you soon in Garo Hills.
John et al,
Dipu is leading the Indian team on the expedition,and has been keenly researching the Mande-Burung for several years.
Dipu,I am really looking forward to meeting up with you soon!
I will be meeting up with the rest of the team this weekend ,In Marlow (U.K.) to plan the tracking and logistics on the expedition.
With only a few weeks to go, the expedition is shaping up really well.We now have a detailed route map of the expedition planned,which will take in may of the areas where the Mande-Burung is reported to have been active.In addition,we have also arranged to interview key eyewitnesses.I will post more in the coming weeks.
Adam – Just thinking about this. Last we talked, you were getting ready to meet up with your team members to make plans. If you want to email me the details, I’ll write it up in a new post.
That’s a great idea, John.I have just sent you some information for the new post.
Got it! Thanks, Adam. I’ll add a new post with the updates this Monday or Tuesday.
How can someone apply to tag along on the expedition back to Sumatra?
If you mean Adam Davies’s forthcoming return to Sumatra, I can pass this along to him.
Richard,if you ilke you can mail me at Adamkdavies@yahoo.co.uk ,and I will discuss it with you.