Review: Destination Truth 6-27-07

This was a short-30-minute segment on the Malaysian Mawas (or Johor Hominid), Malaysia's version of Bigfoot. Josh Gates, the host, interviews different witnesses and locals about their experiences and sightings. Then, he and his team hit the jungle to search for their own evidence of the Johor Hominid's existence. They find a large track with five toes (quite misshapen from America's version), and also capture some sort of growl on audiotape which cannot be identified. The footprint is cast and a copy of it is made because the original cast cannot be taken out of the country. That cast is taken to Dr. Jeff Meldrum, who finds it interesting, but ultimately inconclusive. The recording is taken to a zoologist who listens to it intently but cannot readily identify it. I would give this segment about 3 out of five stars. I would certainly rank it above the "Sci-Fi Investigates" program which looked at Bigfoot last Fall.