Episode 1 – Gigantopithecus
I’ve stopped at a motel just outside of San Marcos to try and figure some things out─ to try to wrap my head around what’s going on. My head is swimming with questions when I find a large bundle of files labeled “Hominids”. The first document was entitled “UNCLASSIFIED BIPEDAL APE 1 AKA: BIGFOOT / SASQUATCH / YETI/ YOWIE / MINNESOTA ICEMAN / GRENDEL / WENDIGO / ARKANSAS APE MAN/ BARMANU / EL CAMPO APE MAN / OGRE /FOUKE MONSTER / OHIO GRASSMAN.” The first few pages are dedicated to its physical description (average 7ft, 500-600lbs, red to black hair), diet (omnivore preferring fish), and activity times (nocturnal). There is a page that discusses rock throwing and tree knocking (behaviors seen in great apes) as well as vocalizations that include whistling and short chirps. Interestingly, they seem at home in water; being agile swimmers they often inhabit the small islands and sand bars that naturally occur in large rivers and lakes. When this is not possible, they wander as nomads, in small family groups, foraging for food (like gorillas). When bedding down for the night, they will make nests similar to that of the mountain gorilla, though there is some evidence that some populations have learned to weave intricate grass domes for temporary shelters (this indicates differing societies within the population).
Another interesting detail that seems to explain why people haven’t found the remains of UBA 1 is due to the animals burying the bodies of fallen comrades. If they do practice burial, then they may be even more intelligent than we realize─ which might help to explain why they have yet to be verified. If these creatures are as wary as they seem about human presence, it would make sense that we have trouble finding them. The Atlanta Bomber was able to stay hidden for over five years in the Appalachian Mountains with the FBI, ATF, local and state police forces searching for him; how much easier would it be for an animal that was smart enough to stay away from us to remain hidden if we weren’t looking? It gets even weirder with this section, “The above listed aliases are local names for a surviving relic population of Gigantopithecus.”
There does seem to be some discussion about other possible fossil candidates, including an undiscovered species, but it seems that SIRU is willing to settle on giganto until a better candidate was unearthed. One of their researchers claims that there was a European relic population of Gigantopithecus that was eradicated by the Middle Ages and based all of their initial findings on the earliest legends of Ogres. Apparently, the British Isles held a large population at one point, and the continual struggle between this relic population and the human settlers were recorded through the legends of heroes. Though not British, the story of Grendel and Beowulf is thought to be one of the best examples of these encounters. One field agent writes:
“Though the stories that have been passed down to us contain classic mythological constructs such as cannibalism and the kidnapping and raping of human women (a common theme in the myths that surround large apes, including gorillas), they are essential firsthand accounts of habitat and physical description. By researching these ancient stories, we were able to narrow our search patterns and capture one specimen.”
It ends there; Glenn must not have been able to pull the whole file. If they have a specimen, then this isn’t just theory, it is fact─ and SIRU is hiding it.
