The little People by the Lake seem to refer to people from Flores Island, Indo. There lived a people called Hobbits. Really. They were isolated, and lived there for about 200,000 years. They hunted dwarf elephants and giant rats. Archeologists discovered a cave, Liang Bua, and documenting a dozen hobbit skeletons one meter tall. :-)
I read the book many years ago. Also read "World Within. A Borneo Story" by Tom Harrison, the British ornithologist/ethnographer/SOE-trained guerrilla leader, whose real-life story this was the inspiration for. Highly recommend both books.
Dude, I just watched him again for the 3 time, n it's still awesome n while I am watching it, no commercials. Bro, keep it up your doing God's work 🙏 thank you