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Yetti
The Reports Begin
Reports of a large, human like creature in the Himalayas have been
found as far back as 1832. In that year, B.H. Hodgson wrote in The Journal
of the Asiatic Society of Bengal of a human-like biped that walked erect
and was covered in dark hair. He stated that the local people, called
Sherpas, told him it was a demon...
Sherpa Description of the Creature
The local Sherpas claim there are actually 2 yetis. Dzu-teh which is 7-8
feet tall and meh-teh which is only 5-6 feet tall. Most describe yeti as
being 6 feet tall, ape-like with human characteristics, covered with short
brownish-red hair (and occasionally described as having white spots on his
chest). The creatures hair is longer on the shoulders and walks slightly
slumped. He is described as having a broad face and large mouth. Most
reports indicate he has large teeth, but no fangs. His head is usually
described as being conical shaped with a pointed crown. He has large, long
arms that almost reach to his knees.
Expedition Reports
In 1889, Major L.A Waddell found human like footprints in the snow one
morning. His Sherpa guides matter-of-factly told him they were the prints
of a hairy wild man that was often seen in the area. Waddell wrote Among
the Himalayans (1899). "The belief in these creatures is universal among
Tibetans."
Expeditioners to the Himalayas, including many from the Western countries
continue to report sightings of the strange creature. In September 1921, on
a mountaintop near Tibet at 20,000 feet, Lt. Col. C.K. Howard-Bury found
strange footprints in the snow. Howard-Bury, who was on an expedition to
Mount Everest, described the prints as being 3 times the size of a man's.
His Sherpa side-kicks told him that they were from 'a manlike thing that is
not a man'. A newspaper columnist wrote a piece based on Howard-Bury's
note. In his piece, the columnist mistakenly translated Howard-Bury's
Sherpa description for the animal as 'abominable snowman'. The name has
stuck ever since.
The name 'yeti' came about in 1925. N.A. Tombazi, a British photographer
and member of the Royal Geographical Society, recorded a strange account on
the Zemu Glacier:
The intense glare and brightness oft he snow prevented me from seeing
anything for the 1st few seconds, but I soon spotted the 'object'
referred to about 200-300 yards away down the valley to the east of our
camp. Unquestionably, the figure in outline was exactly like a human
being, walking upright and stopping occasionally to uproot or pull at
some dwarf rhododendron bushes. It showed up dark against the snow and,
as far as I could make out, wore no clothes. Within the next minute or so
it had moved into some thick scrub and was lost to view.
Tambazi immediately examined the area and found 16 footprints, shaped like
a man's, 6-7 inches long and 4 inches wide. It was from this account the
term 'Yeti' (from the Sherpa yeh-teh, meaning 'the thing') became known.
Modern day reports
Sightings continu ...
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