Monkey, Hominid, or HOAX?, page 1

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Topic started on 12-4-2005 @ 01:43 PM by Termite197

Someone please tell me if this is a hoax or not.
It happened in 1930 so I don't know what to believe.

Click on the link to see the story along with photo

www.anomalies-unlimited.com...

reply posted on 12-4-2005 @ 01:57 PM by kenshiro2012

Dr. Francois de Loys Ape Woman has never really been debunked nor proven as the only proof was the photgragh thyat had been taken as well as Dr. Francois de Loys and his team's vouchsafes. One of the biggest detractors of the photgraph is that there is no indication of the sizerof the creature,The creature has the characteristics of both the spider monkey as well as babboon.
Dr. Francois de Loys stated that they wanted to bring the corpse out of the jungle but due to it's size and weight could not.
There has been a great deal of speculation that it may be a cousin of Yeti or Sasquatch
www.n2.net...

reply posted on 12-4-2005 @ 02:14 PM by IronMan

I saw a programme a couple of years ago, that investigated the evidence of the Loys Ape.
I think the creators of the documentary located the chest or luggage box that the ape is sitting on and so calculated the ape's height and weight.
I believe they decided it was a Spider monkey.

reply posted on 13-4-2005 @ 01:31 PM by noman

deffinitly a spider monkey, location is right, not hard to find in the jungle if your looking, and they sometimes are aggresive if you seem to cause a threat, i believe it was misproved a while ago wasnt it?

reply posted on 13-4-2005 @ 01:45 PM by eaglewingz

This article says it's a hoax :

Ivan T. Sanderson, respected Fortean researcher and author of several books on the subject, also finds fault in Montandon’s claim. Sanderson writes in his book, Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come To Life, "...this picture produced by Dr. Francios de Loys is obviously that of a spider monkey...". After calculating the creatures actual size, he goes on to say, "Thus this animal, with its head poked up to an unnatural degree by a stick, measures about 27 inches. This is a fair-sized spider monkey but not even a large one. The original photograph is not just a case of mistaken identity; it is an outright hoax, and an obnoxious one at that, being a deliberate deception..."

The whole "only one picture survived" seems to be one of those stories designed to add credence to a fraud.

reply posted on 14-4-2005 @ 06:05 PM by PeanutButterJellyTime

Yeah, look at the length of the arms. They're about the same size as the legs. Plus the feet have opposeable thumbs like the hands. That thing didn't walk upright.

reply posted on 14-4-2005 @ 09:45 PM by William One Sac

Originally posted by PeanutButterJellyTime
Yeah, look at the length of the arms. They're about the same size as the legs. Plus the feet have opposeable thumbs like the hands. That thing didn't walk upright.

I have read alot about this possible cryptid, but you made some excellent observations there. I go with the spider monkey/ hoax theory now.