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Mystery at the Roof of the World

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Many trustworthy people they saw it with their own eyes. On the other hand, hard physical been notoriously difficult to come by. Does the mysterious Himalayan creature known as the Yeti really exist? We may be closer than ever to an answer.

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After sightings, the most common pieces of Yeti footprints. But footprints left in the snow or mud of such a frigid habitat are largely unreliable, as they are distorted by repeated cycles of freezing and thawing. Some of the clearer tracks have turned out to be still were determined to have been made by Himalayan Brown Bears. Still, biologists have examined several that appear to have been made by a five-toed biped that is neither a human nor any known species of ape

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In the 1950s, it became known that a few remote Buddhist were in possession of relics claimed real body parts from Yeti. A supposed Yeti scalp was examined, but was determined to have been taken from the shoulder of an antelope. A more bizarre story is that of the “Pangboche Hand.”

bones of a Yeti forelimb, it was examined by adventurer Tom Slick in 1959, but the monks would not let it be removed for further testing. Slick covertly stole two finger bones from the hand, replacing them with human bones, and escaped with them into India. From there, the bones were smuggled by the famous actor Jimmy Stewart into London, where testing suggested that they were fossils from a Neanderthal. In 1991, however, further testing with more advanced equipment determined that they were “near human,” but from an unknown creature.

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The creature, most often described as a tall, hairy biped, has for centuries been regarded with a mix of fear and reverence by the Tibetans and Nepalese.

Westerners first became acquainted with him British explorer publicized the eyewitness accounts of his

guides. The most the beast was coined in 1921 by journalist Henry Newman after interviewing the members of an Everest expedition: “abominable snowman.” Although still used informally, this term has fallen out of favor with serious investigators, as the vast majority of those who lend credence to Yeti tales believe that it is simply some unclassified species of ape, rather than a monster or anything supernatural.

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A 2007 investigation by an American TV program obtained a hair sample that testing revealed belonged to “an unknown primate.” And just last year, the team of Japanese adventurer Yoshiteru to have seen a Yeti in 2003, ventured into the Himalayas, determined to capture the furry fellow on film at last. Maybe they will find nothing, or maybe one day soon your favorite show will be interrupted by a special news bulletin announcing “We bring you… the Yeti!”