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June 24, 2008

The Giant Frog of Mymensingh

A colleague of mine recently travelled to north east India to hunt for “the Indian Yeti.” The trail took him to the state of Meghalaya, and the remote West Garo Hills, which are just over the border from Bangladesh.
Alastair found that the Garo people living there believe that a 300kg vegetarian “forest man” roams the impenetrable jungle. He [...]

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