Orang Pendek

Origin and tradition

Suku Anak Dalam and other communities in Sumatra have long described 'short forest people' in remote terrain, treating them as elusive nonhuman neighbors rather than ordinary animals.

Illustration in this atlas

A small, muscular hominid standing 3 to 5 feet tall, covered in thick honey-gold or gray hair, with broad shoulders and an remarkably human-shaped face.

References and further reading

1. en.wikipedia.org — Orang Pendek

These references offer further reading. Accounts and depictions vary; the atlas illustration is interpretive artwork, rather than historical or scientific evidence.