Legendary Beasts – The Yeti

The mountain men give this strange man-like creature, which leaves footprints too large to belong to any human, many names.

In the Himalayas, they call it the Yeti, but in the rest of Asia it is known as the Shookpa, Kang-Mi, Mi-go, or Meti. In the Canadian Rocky foothills it is the Sasquatch and in the American north-west remote woodlands, it goes by the name of Bigfoot.

Now in more recent times the creature has managed to acquire the more affectionate name of the Abominable Snowman.

The Legend

Whatever the name, this legendary beast has captured the imagination of hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world and continues to fascinate new generations with the many sightings that are constantly being reported.

The legend states that this creature is shabby, hairy and ape-like in its appearance, walks upright on two legs with a height of about ten foot and weighs about 300 pounds.

It lives in isolated areas where it has been known to terrorise many of the communities that also habitat the same areas.

The Stories

In California, one late night, a young couple were being romantic in their parked car; close by to a large wooded area, when they heard a strange, eerie cry coming from the woods.

Suddenly a face appeared at their car window that was not human; it had big round eyes and an ape-like head, with a body that was covered in mud matted hair.

The girl screamed and the creature ran away, but early the next morning the creature was seen again by a farmer who was tending his cattle and this time it stood still and stared at the man for a few minutes, before it ran off into a dense wooded area.

Many searches were conducted but all that was found was the signs of crushed grass and broken tree branches.

Another well reported sighting was of a shabby half ape, half man like creature that walked upright across a large river and then proceeded over the land area without stopping, but it was continually watching the many people that were standing witnessing its progress.

Sceptics

Many sceptics have expressed their theories on the countless number of sightings and reported ‘evidence’ that has been found.

They have said that the reason for so many sightings of the Yeti is just because the air is so rarefied at such high attitudes that it can cause hallucinations for the people who are not used to it.

And the finding of teeth, hair and bones has been attributed to other animals that reside in the mountainous and wooded areas, such as foxes, wolves, bears, mountain lions and snow leopards.

They believe that the footprints that are found are made not by the Yeti, or Bigfoot, but by local inhabitants who wish to continue the legend, so that they will increase the number of people who come looking for the creature and will spend lots of money in the process.

Nobody has even been able to capture a Yeti, but with all the sightings and clues that are accumulating every year, it surely cannot hide forever and man’s curiosity for strange and unknown things is endless.

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