Not Yet(i)
An American film crew is making the rounds claiming they have found mysterious footprints that may be from a yeti. They are proudly displaying a cast of one of the odd footprints. But they may not have found the proof yet(i).
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A U.S.-based television channel investigating the existence of the legendary Yeti in Nepal has found footprints similar to those said to be that of the abominable snowman, the company said on Friday.
A team of nine producers from Destination Truth, armed with infrared cameras, spent a week in the icy Khumbu region where Mount Everest is located and found the footprints on the bank of Manju river at a height of 2,850 meters (9,350 feet).
One of the three footprints discovered on Wednesday is about one foot long, or is of similar size and appearance as shown in sketches of the mystical ape-like creature believed to live in snowy caves, the TV company said.
"It is very very similar," Josh Gates, host of the weekly travel adventure television series, told Reuters in Kathmandu after returning from the mountain.
"I don't believe it to be (that of) a bear. It is something of a mystery for us," said Gates, 30, an archaeologist by training.
Unfortunately, experts in Nepal do believe that the castings show a bear footprint, nothing more.
"The footprints may be from a Himalayan bear," Ang Tshering Sherpa, the president of Nepal Mountaineering Association told AFP after looking at pictures of the prints.
"It is believed that Yetis have only four toes but the footprints recorded by the US team have five toes," said Sherpa, whose father went unsuccessfully looking for the legendary beast in the 1950s.
I haven't found a picture of a footprint from a Himalayan bear, but the picture of the casting sure looks a lot like this black bear print. It would be a big bear, though. Big enough, in fact, to explain how some of the stories got started. If you only caught a glimpse of it, you might be confused as to what you were seeing.
Weird Stuff, World news | Gaius Monday, 3 December , 2007
By Bleepless, Monday, 3 December , 2007 @ 8:25 pm
Yeti? Yeah. Sure. Any idiot can tell it is by my ex-brother in law.
By martian, Tuesday, 4 December , 2007 @ 7:58 am
You need to go easy on these yeti stories, Gaius, Sasquatch might get ticked off that he’s not getting the publicity.
By Gaius, Tuesday, 4 December , 2007 @ 8:57 am
Not to worry. Bigfoot is hangin’ with his pals:
http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/16/more-imaginary-sightings/