Of particular relevance to this discussion, was the announcement last month, of a new species of primate, discovered in Myanmar. A species of snub-nosed monkey, dubbed Rhinopithecus Strykeri. Naturally, its existence was no surprise to the people living in close proximity to it, yet the stories were scoffed at by academia.
In 1992 the discovery of the Vu Quang ox, in Vietnam, rocked the scientific world. A previously unknown mammal, making its scientific debut in the latter half of the 20th century? If that wasn't embarrassing enough, two years later the Giant Muntjac Deer was "discovered" by science, also happily living out its existence in Vietnam.
All three of these species were well known to the people indigenous to their respective areas, but were brushed aside by those who were convinced of the infallibility of modern science.
They were also quite larger than 0.3".
I'll save the discovery of the Giant Mountain Gorilla, and that darling of the cryptozoological world, the coelacanth, for another time.
