Ebu Gogo - A Creature of Cryptozoology
When Australian and Indonesian archeologists excavated a limestone cave in the island of Flores, Indonesia they hit pay dirt when they found a skeleton of a new species of human, the Homo Florensiensis that was believed to have lived 18,000 years ago. In life, the skeleton could be about a meter long, about 25 kilograms in weight and with a chimpanzee sized brain. Along with the skeleton, the archeologists found sophisticated stone tools. Seven other skeletons of these "dwarf' people were found by another team. This would make you conclude that there is a truth to the Indonesian folklore after all. Indonesian culture just like any other has folklore about ghosts, little people and mysterious beings. Word of mouth folktales are handed down from generation to generation. Indonesian village people would talk of an ape-like creature that walks like a man. They call this mysterious being ebu gogo. Ebu gogo means grandmother who eats anything. Ebu gogo is very much
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