▁Singap ura . ▁He ▁is ▁associated ▁with ▁several ▁ge ographical ▁locations ▁and ▁historical ▁arte fact s , ▁most ▁not ably ▁the ▁Singapore ▁Stone . ▁ ▁Source ▁The ▁written ▁record ▁of ▁the ▁legend ▁of ▁Si ▁Bad ang ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁Mal ay ▁Ann als , ▁an ▁important ▁collection ▁of ▁or al ▁fol kl ore ▁from ▁the ▁Mal ay ▁World . ▁ ▁Vari ations ▁of ▁the ▁legend ▁of ▁Bad ang ▁exist ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁or al ▁nature ▁of ▁its ▁transmission , ▁and ▁its ▁popular ▁use ▁in ▁children ' s ▁literature . ▁ ▁M yth ology ▁ ▁Bad ang ▁Sad im ▁San i ▁( full ▁name ) ▁as ▁a ▁young ▁man , ▁worked ▁as ▁tree - logger ▁for ▁" Or ang ▁K aya " ▁( rich ▁) ▁far mer ▁known ▁as ▁" N ira ▁S ura " ▁in ▁Kar im un ▁Islands ▁between ▁Singap ura ▁and ▁Malays ia . ▁The ▁trees ▁was ▁logged ▁for ▁N ira ▁S ura ' s ▁farm ▁expand ing . ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁all ▁worker ▁was ▁paid ▁by ▁rice , ▁not ▁money . ▁ ▁One ▁day , ▁Bad ang ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁fish - tra ps ▁he ▁laid ▁in ▁a ▁river ▁contained ▁b ones ▁and ▁scales . ▁He ▁prepared ▁the ▁fish - tra ps ▁again , ▁but ▁the ▁same ▁incident ▁went ▁on ▁for ▁several ▁days . ▁Bad ang ▁armed ▁himself ▁with ▁a ▁r attan ▁stick , ▁or ▁a ▁par ang ▁in ▁some ▁versions , ▁and ▁hid ▁in ▁the ▁bush es ▁of ▁the ▁j ung le . ▁The ▁creature ▁taking ▁his