Case file · Cryptid
Bukit Timah Monkey Man
Singapore's own cryptid: a grey, upright, monkey-faced creature said to live in the forests of Bukit Timah, with a first claimed sighting around 1805.
1805 CE · 1.35, 103.78 · status: legend
The account
Reports come from Malay folklore, from Japanese soldiers during the occupation, and from occasional modern residents, the latest claimed in 2020. Its documentation is sparse and scattered.
The sceptical view
There is no physical evidence; Singapore's forest remnants are small and well surveyed. Long-tailed macaques are common in Bukit Timah.