Yeti
Yeti. The Abominable Snowman. A bear-like primate long rumored to exist in the Himalayas. Are they the last surviving remnants of a hominid species close to our own? An unknown species of bear, shyly avoiding man, eluding capture by virtue of the good fortune of living in one of the most difficult terrains on Earth? Or simply fevered imaginings?
Read about a close encounter: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0005/q_n_a.html
10 October 2011
A report from the international conference on yetis. Still waiting for compelling evidence, I'm afraid! Although an expedition claimed to have "collected irrefutable evidence", footprints and several hairs that "might belong to the yeti" are a long way from a smoking gun. Roll on some DNA analysis.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-siberian-region-yeti.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/10/siberia-home-to-yeti-b...
23 March 2011
We think of yetis as inhabitants of the Himalayas, but some believe Russia also holds a population of yetis, which it calls Snow Men, in remote areas of Siberia such as the mountains in the southern part of Kemerovo around the town of Tashtagol. Later this year, this town is holding an international conference on yetis, and officials are considering opening a scientific research institute to study the yeti.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-03-siberia-yetis.html
12 Oct 2004
Fresh evidence has been found in the jungles of Sumatra supporting claims that a mythical 'jungle yeti' may exist, claim two UK explorers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3734946.stm
9 Oct 2003
Siberian scientists say they have a discovery on their hands which raises the possibility that the local legend of the yeti — the abominable snowman — is more than mere fiction.
According to Russian TV, the well-preserved furry limb of a mystery creature was found some 3,500 metres up in the permafrost of the Altay mountains, in Russia's remote Siberia region.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3175926.stm
4 Sept 2002
A group of British explorers is on the verge of proving the existence of a "Yeti-like" creature. The three-man team has given hair samples found in Western Sumatra to an expert in Australia to test.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2235712.stm
30 Oct 2001
A group of British explorers claim to have found irrefutable proof of a "Yeti-like" creature on an Indonesian island. The team discovered a footprint and hair samples of a primate which they claim could be from an Orang Pendek - meaning 'Little Man of the Forest'.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1628878.stm
17 Oct 1998
Most sightings of the yeti, also known as the abominable snowman, are roughly the same, an ape-like creature around the same size as a grown man.
Last week an American climber, Craig Calonica, on Mount Everest became the latest person to witness this most elusive of creatures.