King Kong in Kerala?

10 Jan 2006, 0049 hrs IST, T S SREENIVASA RAGHAVAN,TNN

KARA!ANNA "#ala$$a%&' #e(er Ja)$son*s King Kong is se( on a +,s(erio-s, -n)har(e% islan%. He +igh( as /ell ha0e
sho( i( in Kerala.
1r so i( /o-l% see+, i2 3 an% (ha(*s li(erall, a 4ig i2 3 )lai+s 4, a (ea+ o2 a+a(e-r an(hro5ologis(s are 5ro0e% (r-e.
The (ea+ )lai+s (o ha0e %is)o0ere% 2oo(5rin(s o2 a 6gian(7+an6 /ho ha% a shoe si8e o2 29 in)hes, li0e% in a shel(er 90
+e(res high an% /eighe% /ell o0er 400 $g.
Going 4, (he 2oo(5rin( si8e, (he )rea(-re +a, ha0e 4een as (all as 1: 2ee(, /hi)h /o-l% +a$e i( easil, (he 6larges( h-+an
2or+ (o roa+ (he ear(h6.
Anno-n)ing (he *%is)o0er,* on !on%a,, (he (ea+ sai% (he signs o2 (he +a++o(h )rea(-re 3 2o-n% in a re+o(e 0illage so+e 60 $+ 2ro+
#ala$$a% (o/n in Kerala 3 6)on2ir+e%6 (he e;is(en)e o2 *<ig2oo(*.
E0er sin)e re5or(s 4egan in (he +i%719(h )en(-r, o2 *sigh(ings* o2 (he =e(i or A4o+ina4le Sno/+an in (he Hi+ala,as, (here has 4een
enor+o-s 2as)ina(ion an% s5e)-la(ion aro-n% (he /orl% a4o-( (he 2a4le% +an7li$e 4eing.
<-( +os( sigh(ings re5or(e% in 0ario-s )o-n(ries, no(a4l, in (he >S, (-rne% o-( (o 4e ei(her hoa;es or )ases o2 o0era)(i0e i+agina(ions.
Ho/e0er, on ?e)e+4er @0 las( ,ear, 2ar+ers in (he 2ores(s o2 !ala,sia )lai+e% (o ha0e s5o((e% a 2a+il, o2 (hree.
S)ien(is(s /ho e;a+ine% signs 5-r5or(e%l, le2( 4, (he 4eas(s sai% <ig2oo( )anno( 4e ignore% an, +ore. In In%ia, (he
a+a(e-r (ea+ insis(s i(*s on (he righ( (ra)$.
6This is a si(e /here +an, -n$no/n geologi)al, ar)haeologi)al an% an(hro5ologi)al 2a)(s lie 4-rie%,6 sai% S R
Krishnas/a+,, (he +an /ho le% (he (ea+ (o #ala$$a%.
He ha% earlier %is)o0ere% a s(one7age si(e insi%e (he %ee5 2ores(s o2 Aoi+4a(ore.
6I(*s a (reas-re7(ro0e. <asi)all,, (he si(e /here <ig2oo( on)e roa+e% has a ro)$7shel(er /hose roo2 is 90 +e(ers long, sha5e%
in(o a )ir)le. This /o-l%*0e 4een a %ee5 B-ngle in (he re+o(e age.6
King - Kong - Amateur team claims It
found signs of Bigfoot in kerala India
by 0i0e$
I( loo$ li$e #e(er Ja)$sonCs $ing $ong +o0ie gian( )hara)(er /as (r-e. A (ea+ o2 a+a(e-r
)lai+s i( 2o-n% signs o2 <ig2oo(. The, 2o-n% (he 2oo(5rin(s o2 a gian( +an /ho ha% shoe
si8e o2 29D. A))or%ing (o (he+ gian( /as'
Eeigh(e% o0er 400Kg
!a, ha0e 4een as (all as 1: 2(
F-ll gro/n +ale ha% 29 in)h 2oo( 5rin(
Foo(5rin( 2o-n% a( Karal+anna, $erala, In%ia.
I2 I )onsi%ering an, a0erage heigh( o2 +ale "9 2(5 6GH 62( I& (o%a, i( /as reall, a gian(. S
R Krishnas/a+, (he +an /ho lea% (he (ea+ sai% (ha( JThis is a si(e /here +an,
-n$no/n geologi)al, ar)haeologi)al an% an(hro5ologi)al 2a)(s lie 4-rie%H. I g-ess )ar4on
%a(ing an% o(her s)ien(i2i) +e(ho% +a, (hro-gh so+e ligh( in )o+ing %a,s. 1nl, a2(er
%e(aile% anal,sis, /e )an a))e5( s(ories regar%ing gian( an% his <ig2oo(.
?i% <ig Foo( i0e?
K 1)( 2006, 00@@ hrs IST, T S SREENIVASA RAGHAVAN,TNN
He /as 1: 2ee( high, /eighe% o0er 400 $g, /as hair,, an% li0e% o0er 90,000 ,ears ago in (he )a0erns o2
Kerala*s green hills. I(*s no( )lear i2 he /as a )o++-nis(. Nine +on(hs ago, (he %is)o0er, o2 a 297in)h7long
gigan(i) 2oo(5rin( on a ro)$, hillo)$ a( Karal+anna, :9 $+s 2ro+ #ala$$a% in Kerala e;)i(e% in(eres( an%
s$e5(i)is+.
The s$e5(i)is+ /as )hie2l, 4e)a-se (he %is)o0erer /as one S R Krishna7s/a+,, a )ler$ e+5lo,e% /i(h (he
i2e Ins-ran)e Aor5ora(ion an% an a+a(e-r ar)haeologis(. No/, so+e 5ro2essionals are 4eginning (o
en%orse his )lai+s.
<ase% on (he +a++o(h si8e o2 (he 2oo(5rin( (ha( has 4een 2ossilise% in li+es(one, Krishnas/a+, an% (ea+
s5e)-la(e% no( B-s( (he 4eing*s 0i(al s(a(is(i)s 4-( also his "or her& general 4eha0io-r. 6He 5re,e% on /il%
ani+als.
<a+4oos +igh( ha0e ser0e% as his s(a5le %ie(, /hi)h +a, ha0e %isa55eare% %-e (o his 0ora)io-s a55e(i(e or
%-e (o /il%2ire. Ei(h (he %isa55earan)e o2 4a+4oos, (he )rea(-re /o-l%*0e go( e;(in)(,6 Krishnas/a+, sa,s
-sing se0eral s(rings o2 )ir)-+s(an(ial e0i%en)es.
?r #a(h+ana(han Ragha0an, senior resear)her, S)h7ool o2 Ar)haeolog, an% An(hro5olog, in The
A-s(ralian Na(ional >ni0ersi(,, /ho s(-%ie% 0i%eos an% 5i)(-res o2 (he 2oo(5rin(s sa,s (ha( no( onl, %oes he
(hin$ (he 2ossilise% +ar$s are gen-ine 4-( also (ha( (he, /ere i+5rin(s o2 a 4i5e% 5re7his(ori) h-+an.
He e0en g-esses (ha( (he 2oo(5rin(s 4elong (o 4o(h B-0eniles an% a%-l(s. 6I a+ )er(ain (he, %on*( 4elong (o
an, ani+als.
<e)a-se, I*0e s(-%ie% h-n%re%s o2 2oo(5rin(s le2( 4ehin% 4, 4ir%s, )arni0ores an% +a++als 2ro+ (he
#lio)ene era on (he san%s(ones o2 (he <asel #inBor For+a(ions o2 >55er Shi0ali "s-4 Hi+ala,as& %a(ing
4a)$ (o 2.4: +illion ,ears. The, are (o(all, %i22eren( 2ro+ (he ones 2o-n% a( Karal+anna.6
?r Ragha0an /as o22ere% A-s(ralian )i(i8enshi5 2or his resear)h in(o (he h,5o(hesis (ha( (he origins o2
Aa-)asoi%s "E-ro5eans an% !i%%le Eas( se((lers& an% A-s(raloi%s "A-s(ralian a4origines& res-l(e% 2ro+ a
h-+an gene s5li( in In%ia so+e 1,90,000 ,ears ago.
6A %e(aile% s(-%, o2 (hese 2oo(5rin(s )an re0eal (he e5iso%es o2 (he 5rehis(ori) h-+an +igra(ion. The, sho/
(ha( (he +igra(ion +igh( ha0e o))-rre% 0ia so-(h In%ia (o (he -n%i0i%e% A-s(ralasia,6 he sa,s.
Fossil 5ollen anal,sis, 5alaeon(olog, an% en0iron+en(al geolog,, he sa,s, /ill (ell a %ee5er s(or, o2 (he
+,s(er, +an. Ehile 2or+er %ire)(or o2 Geologi)al S-r0e, o2 In%ia "GSI& ?r S <a%ri7nara,an /ho*s also a
+arine ar)haeologis( %a(es (he 2oo(5rin(s 4a)$ (o a( leas( 90,000 ,ears, ?r Ragha0an sa,s (ha( he /ill no(
ha8ar% a g-ess (here ,e(.
Nor is he /illing (o )on2ir+ (he s5e)-la(ion o2 so+e a+a(e-r an% 5ro2essional resear)hers a4o-( (he 4eing*s
heigh( an% /eigh(. 6Ar)heo72orensi) in0es(iga(ions alone )an %e(er+ine (he se;, age, gai(, heigh( o2 (he 5re7
his(ori) 2ig-re,6 he sa,s. Ho/e0er, s-)h 5ro)esses ha0e no( 4eg-n ,e(.
The %is)o0er, o2 h-ge 2oo(5rin(s or o(her in%i)a(ors o2 a gian( is no( ne/. <-( +a7n, s-)h )lai+s, li$e
s$ele(ons (ha( are sai% (o 4e 12 2ee( long, ha0e ei(her 4een 5ro0e% as hoa;es or are s(ill loo$e% a( /i(h
s-s5i)ion 4, ar)haeologis(s.
Ho/e0er, (here are res57e)(e% s)ien(is(s /ho %o no( r-le o-( (he 5ossi4ili(, o2 h-ge 4i5e%s on)e 5o5-la(ing
(he Ear(h. Tho-san%s o2 ,e7ars ago /hen so-(h In%ia /as 5ro4a4l, -n%er i)e, GSI*s <a%7rinara,an sa,s, 6A
=e(i7li$e )rea(-re /o-l%*0e roa7+e% aro-n% (his 5la)e.
<-(, /i(h (he +el(7%o/n, i( /o-l% ha0e +igra(e% (o (he nor(h %-e (o hos(ile li0ing )on%i(ions.6 In (he region
o2 Karal+anna /here (he h-ge 2oo(5rin(s /ere 2o-n% earlier (his ,ear, (here has also 4een a )-rio-s
%is)o0er, o2 se0eral 4-rial si(es 4, R <alas-4ra+anian, a s5e)ialis( /ho s(-%ies an)ien( i)ons in (he r-ins.
The si(es are sai% (o %a(e 4a)$ (o B-s( @,900 ,ears. Ho/e0er, (he, are no( -n)o++on in (he so-(h. The, are
also $no/n as )is(erns, )is( 4-rials or se)on%ar, 4-rials. A2(er )re+a(ion, 4ones are )olle)(e% on a 5ar(i)-lar
%a, an% %e5osi(e% insi%e an -rn, /hi)h is (hen 4-rie%.
The 4-rial si(e is )o0ere% 4, +e%i-+ si8e% s(ones (o )rea(e a )ir)le. Generall,, a 5re7his(ori) 4-rial si(e
ho-ses a )l-s(er o2 4-rials.
Tho-gh none o2 (he L-ali2ie% 5ro2essionals are +a$ing an, )onne)(ion 4e(/een (he gian( 2oo(5rin(s an% (he
Karal+anna 4-rial si(es, so+e a+a(e-r resear)hers 2eel 2-r(her e;)a0a(ion +a, ,iel% 4ones (ha( )o-l%
s-55or( (he gian( (heor,. S-)h an e;)a0a(ion +a, (a$e +an, +on(hs.
<o(h (he e;)i(a4le a+a(e-rs an% (he 5ro2essionals la+en( (ha( la)$ o2 go0ern+en( 5ro(e)(ion /ill lea% (o (he
2ossilise% 2oo(5rin(s an% (he an)ien( 4-rial si(es 0anishing. Alrea%, (he Karal+anna has 4e)o+e a (o-ris(
a((ra)(ion, /hi)h in In%ia also +eans a )hao(i) ra+5age.
Big foot found in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 14: A team of amateur anthropologists in Kerala have
claimed to have made yet another link in the chain of human evolution.
They have discovered a "ig foot " measuring !." feet in length in the forested
area of Karalmanna, a remote village in the state.
According to their discovery, the mammoth creature lived in a shelter #$ meters
high and going %y the foot si&e must have 'eighed around 4$$ kilograms and
pro%a%ly stood at a height of 1(feet.
"The %ig foot is either a man or an ape from the days of )omo *apiens. This foot
popularly called the ig +oot in Australia and Te,as in the -nited *tates of
America 'ere usually ./" feet tall and 'eighing 01$ kilograms. The ig +oot in
Karalmanna in Kerala is 2uite huge pro%a%ly 1( feet tall," said 3amas'amy,
head of the anthropologist team.
A cave has also %een discovered in the vicinity of the footprint site 'here,
according to the claim, the giant man stayed 'ith his 'ife and a child.
3amas'amy added that t'o smaller set of footprints have also %een found
inside the cave, one measuring !.0 feet and the other the same as an average
human feet, pro%a%ly of a female and a child.
There has al'ays %een enormous fascination around the 'orld a%out the %i&arre
man/like/%eings ever since the 4eti or A%omina%le *no'man in the )imalayas
'as sighted in the 1"th century.Although, most of such 5sightings5 reported in
various countries have al'ays turned out to %e either hoa,es or cases of
overactive imaginations.
ureau 3eport
1/13/2006
Giant footprints about 30,000 years ago in Kerala
File% -n%er' Regional 3 Sara4Bee( M 4'09 a+
Gian( 2oo(5rin(s 2o-n% a( Karal+anna, a hill, 0illage in Keralas #ala$$a% ?is(ri)(, are
no/ 4eing 5roBe)(e% 4, an(hro5ologis(s as 4elonging (o ho+o sa5iens (ha( li0e% in (he
area a4o-( @0, 000 ,ears ago.
A))or%ing (o (he (ea+ o2 an(hro5ologis(s hea%e% 4, Krishna S/a+, (he 2oo(5rin(s /hi)h
are (/o 2ee( si; in)hes in leng(h, 4elonge% (o a gian( h-+an 4eing /eighing a4o-( 400
$ilogra+s an% ha0ing a heigh( o2 a4o-( 1: 2ee(.
The heigh( o2 (he )a0e in /hi)h (he gian( )rea(-re li0e% /as 90 +e(ers, an% (he )rea(-re
+-s( ha0e -se% i( (o har4o-r ani+als (ha( i( $ille% 2or s-r0i0al.
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