The Yeti is an ape-like creature purported to inhabit the Himalayan mountain range in Asia. In western popular culture, the creature is commonly referred to as the Abominable Snowman. Many dubious articles have been offered in an attempt to prove the existence of the Yeti, including anecdotal visual sightings, disputed video recordings, photographs, and plaster casts of large footprints. Some of these are speculated or known to be hoaxes. Folklorists trace the origin of the Yeti to a combination of factors including Sherpa folklore and misidentified fauna such as bear or yak. The Yeti is commonly compared to Bigfoot of North America, as the two subjects often have similar physical descriptions. The Yeti is often described as being a large, bipedal ape-like creature that is covered with brown, gray, or white hair, and it is sometimes depicted as having large, sharp teeth. Tibetan lore describes three main varieties of yetis—the Nyalmo, which has black fur and is the largest and fiercest, standing around fifteen feet tall; the Chuti, which stands around eight feet tall and lives 8000 to 10000 feet above sea level; and the Rang Shim Bombo, which has reddish-brown fur and is only three to five feet tall. In Russian folklore, the Chuchuna is an entity said to dwell in Siberia. It has been described as six to seven feet tall and covered with dark hair. According to the native accounts from the nomadic Yakut and Tungus tribes, it is a well built, Neanderthal-like man wearing pelts and bearing a white patch of fur on its forearms.
First Appearance Himalayan (Tibetan/Sherpa) folklore
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Appearance List Literature: “On the Mammalia of Nepal” in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (August 1832) by B. H. Hodgson — party report of a “wild man” in the Langtang region; James Prinsep’s Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1832), Laurence Waddell’s Among the Himalayas (1899), Mount Everest The Reconnaissance by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Howard-Bury (1921), The Epic of Mount Everest by Sir Francis Younghusband (1926), Mount Everest 1938 by H. W. Tilman (1938), Adventure Travels in the Himalaya by John Angelo Jackson (Chapter 17 “Everest and the Elusive Snowman”, 1954), “Daily Mail Team Will Seek Snowman” in Daily Mail (1954), The Abominable Snowman Adventure by Ralph Izzard (1955), The Sherpa and the Snowman by Charles Stonor (1955), Sławomir Rawicz’s The Long Walk (1956), “Report on a Sample of Skin and Hair from the Khumjung Yeti Scalp” by Marca Burns (1962), Trail of the Abominable Snowman by Gardner Soule (1966). Film: The Snow Creature (1954), Half Human, or Beast Man Snow Man (1955), Man Beast (1956), The Abominable Snowman (1957). Podcast: Astonishing Legends: Episode 23-24 Dyatlov Pass, Astonishing Legends: Episode 91-93 The Yeti, Astonishing Legends: Episode 136 Dyatlov Update #1.
Sample Read Astonishing Legends: Episode 091 The Yeti Part 1 [YT]
Description The Yeti is an ape-like creature purported to inhabit the Himalayan mountain range in Asia. In western popular culture, the creature is commonly referred to as the Abominable Snowman. Many dubious articles have been offered in an attempt to prove the existence of the Yeti, including anecdotal visual sightings, disputed video recordings, photographs, and plaster casts of large footprints. Some of these are speculated or known to be hoaxes. Folklorists trace the origin of the Yeti to a combination of factors including Sherpa folklore and misidentified fauna such as bear or yak. The Yeti is commonly compared to Bigfoot of North America, as the two subjects often have similar physical descriptions. The Yeti is often described as being a large, bipedal ape-like creature that is covered with brown, gray, or white hair, and it is sometimes depicted as having large, sharp teeth. Tibetan lore describes three main varieties of yetis—the Nyalmo, which has black fur and is the largest and fiercest, standing around fifteen feet tall; the Chuti, which stands around eight feet tall and lives 8000 to 10000 feet above sea level; and the Rang Shim Bombo, which has reddish-brown fur and is only three to five feet tall. In Russian folklore, the Chuchuna is an entity said to dwell in Siberia. It has been described as six to seven feet tall and covered with dark hair. According to the native accounts from the nomadic Yakut and Tungus tribes, it is a well built, Neanderthal-like man wearing pelts and bearing a white patch of fur on its forearms.
