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What is yeti? The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is an ape like cryptid taller than an average human that is said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet.[4] The names Yeti and Meh - Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology. Stories of the Yeti first emerged as a facet of Western popular culture in the 19th century.
The use of "Abominable Snowman" began when Henry Newman, a longtime contributor to The Statesman in Calcutta, writing under the pen name "Kim",interviewed the porters of the "Everest Reconnaissance expedition" on their return to Darjeeling.Newman mistranslated the word "metoh" as "filthy", substituting the term "abominable", perhaps out of artistic license.As author Bill Tilman recounts, "[Newman] wrote long after in a letter to The Times:
Where is yeti found???Yeti inhabit
mountaineous regions and are scattered
across the himalayas and on up into the
former soviet union of syberia.
How does the yeti behave?Yeti are elusively shy by nature.
Like the gorilla the yeti has an undeserved
reputation for fierceness.
Travel in small group.Walk upright on their two feet.
Nocturnal but can also be found at daytime.
What does yeti eat???He may eat people.
He is known to be omnivores.He mainly eats yaks or sheep, yaks or sheep,
supplementing its diet with forage.
Evidence foundMany expeditions have
prove yeti’s existence but no
scientific evidence definitively
conformed it.Several sightings ,
mainly of footprints have been westerner explorer.
A group of Chinese hunters
reportedly captured him for five monthsuntil he died.
Reports regarding yeti’s beingIn the past there have been many
reports of sighting of yeti. These reports provide details of
appearance and lifestyle of yeti. Recent evidence suggest yeti in russia.
Is yeti real or myth???This bar graph
shows that yeti’s are real.
Possible explanation Misidentification of himalayan
wildlife has used as an explanation for
yeti.Some mountaineers have claimed to have face to face encounter with yeti.
19th centuryIn 1832, James Prinsep's Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal published trekker B. H. Hodgson's account of his experiences in northern Nepal. His local guides spotted a tall, bipedal creature covered with long dark hair, which seemed to flee in fear. Hodgson concluded it was an orangutan.An early record of reported footprints appeared in 1899 in Laurence Waddell's Among the Himalayas. Waddell reported his guide's description of a large apelike creature that left the prints, which Waddell thought were made by a bear. Waddell heard stories of bipedal, apelike creatures but wrote that "none, however, of the many Tibetans I have interrogated on this subject could ever give me an authentic case. On the most superficial investigation it always resolved into something that somebody heard tell of."
History of yeti
20th centuryThe frequency of reports increased during the early 20th century, when Westerners began making determined attempts to scale the many mountains in the area and occasionally reported seeing odd creatures or strange tracks.In 1925, N. A. Tombazi, a photographer and member of the Royal Geographical Society, writes that he saw a creature at about 15,000 ft (4,600 m) near Zemu Glacier. Tombazi later wrote that he observed the creature from about 200 to 300 yd (180 to 270 m), for about a minute. "Unquestionably, the figure in outline was exactly like a human being, walking upright and stopping occasionally to pull at some dwarf rhododendron bushes. It showed up dark against the snow, and as far as I could make out, wore no clothes." About two hours later, Tombazi and his companions descended the mountain and saw the creature's prints, described as "similar in shape to those of a man, but only six to seven inches long by four inches wide...[32] The prints were undoubtedly those of a biped." Western interest in the Yeti peaked dramatically in the 1950s. While attempting to scale Mount Everest in 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a number of large prints in the snow, at about 6,000 m (20,000 ft) above sea level. These photos have been subject to intense scrutiny and debate. Some argue they are the best evidence of Yeti's existence, while others contend the prints are those of a mundane creature that have been distorted by the melting snow.
Some images of yeti
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Religious significance
Part of pre-Buddhist beliefs.Lepchas
worshipped glaciersbeing ‘god of
hunt’
In popular cultureThere are many films
made on yeti. Eg- The snow
creature,The abominable snowman etc.
He also appears in some kids
cartoon like Spiderman.
There are also video games
featuring him like urban yeti.
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