saw a clip claiming "scientist saw bigfoot in Sumatra" — is the Orang Pendek thing actually legit or

ok genuine question for people who know this stuff, not trying to start anything. tiktok fed me a 30sec clip going "BRITISH SCIENTIST SAW INDONESIAN BIGFOOT" and i can't tell how much is real vs ragebait edit. from what i dug up the name is Orang Pendek ("short person"), and the sightings cluster a……