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Yeti:AbominableSnowmanoftheHimalayasAtibetianfortressbelowthemountainsweretheYetiissupposedtoroam.TheHimalayaMo

untains,thehighestrangeonEarth,havebeenreferredtoasthe"roofoftheworld."Ifthatisso,thereisamysterycalledtheYetiinourattic.InTibetanthew

ordmeans"magicalcreature"andtrulyitisaseeminglysupernaturalenigmaintheshapeofahairy,bipedcreaturethatrese

mblesagiantape.TheHimalayaslieontheborderbetweenIndia,Nepal,andTibet(nowpartofChina).Theyareremoteandforbidding.Largestretchesaroundtheseroughvall

eysandpeaksareuninhabited.Thetallestmountainintheworld,Everest,29,028feethigh,lieshalfinNepal,halfinChina.ItisfromNepal,though,thatmostattemptstocl

imbEverest,andthesurroundingmountains,aremade.InKatmandu,thecapitolofNepal,avisitorfindshimselfimmersedintheYetilegend.Heisacommer

cialmoneymakerforthetouristindustry(there'sevenaHotelnamedthe"YakandtheYeti")aswellaslegend,religionandfantasytosomeoftheNeplaes

epeople.ThefirstreliablereportoftheYetiappearedin1925whenaGreekphotographer,N.A.Tombazi,workingasamemberofaBr

itishgeologicalexpeditionintheHimalayas,wasshownacreaturemovinginthedistanceacrosssomelowerslopes.Thecreaturewasalmostathousandfe

etawayinanareawithanaltitudeofaround15,000feet."Unquestionably,thefigureinoutlinewasexactlylikeahumanbeing

,walkinguprightandstoppingoccasionallytouprootorpullatsomedwarfrhododendronbushes,"saidTombazi,"Itshowedupdark

againstthesnowand,asfarasIcouldmakeoutworenoclothes."ThecreaturedisappearedbeforeTombazicouldtakeaphotographandwasnotseenagain.Thegr

oupwasdescending,though,andthephotographerwentoutofhiswaytoseethegroundwerehehadspottedthecreature.Tombazifoundfootprintsinthesno

w."Theyweresimilarinshapetothoseofaman,butonlysixtosevenincheslongbyfourincheswideatthebroadestpartofthefoot.Themarksoffivedistincttoesandtheinst

epwereperfectlyclear,butthetraceoftheheelwasindistinct..."Therewere15printstobefound.Eachwasoneandonehalftotwofeetapart.ThenTombazilostth

etrailinthickbrush.Whenthelocalswereaskedtonamethebeasthe'dseentheytoldhimitwasa"Kanchenjungademon."Tombazididn'tthinkhe'dseenademon,buthecouldn'tfi

gureoutwhatthecreaturewaseither.Perhapshe'dseenawanderingBuddhistorHinduasceticorhermit.AstheyearswentbythoughandotherYetistoriessurfaced,Tombazib

egantowonderifhe'dseenonetoo.Yetireportsusuallycomeintheformoftracksfound,peltsoffered,shapesseenatadistance,orrarely,actualface-to

-faceencounterswiththecreatures.FacetofaceencountersnevercomewithresearcherslookingfortheYeti,butwithlocalswhostumbleintothecreatureduringt

heirdailylives.SomeofthebesttrackseverseenwerefoundandphotographedbyBritishmountaineersEricShiptonandMichealWardin1951.The

yfoundthemonthesouthwesternslopesoftheMenlungGlacier,whichliesbetweenTibetandNepal,atanaltitudeof20,000feet.Ea

chprintwasthirteenincheswideandsomeeighteenincheslong.ThetracksseemedfreshandShiptonandWardfollowedthetrailforamilebeforeitdisappeared

inhardice.Somescientiststhatviewedthephotographscouldnotidentifythetracksasfromanyknowncreature.Others,though,fe

ltitwasprobablythetrailofalanguarmonkeyorredbear.Theynotedthetracksinsnow,meltedbythesun,canchangeshapeandgrowlarger.Evenso,t

hebear/monkeytheoryseemsunlikelyasbothoftheseanimalsnormallymoveonallfourfeet.Thetrackswereclearlyth

atofabiped.Shipton'sandWard'sreputationsargueagainstahoaxontheirpartandtheremotenessandheightofthetrail'slocationarguesagainstthembeinghoaxe

d.Shipton'sfootprintswerenotthefirstorlastdiscoveredbyclimbersamongtheHimalayas.EvenSirEdmundHillaryandhisSherpaguide,TenzingNorgay,o

ntheirrecordascenttothetopofMountEverest,in1953,foundgiantfootprintsonthewayup.Oneofthemorecuriousreportsofac

loseencounterwithaYetioccurredin1938.Captaind'Auvergue,thecuratoroftheVictoriaMemorialinCalcutta,India,wastravelingtheHimalayasbyhimselfwhenhe

becamesnowblind.AsheneareddeathfromexposurehewasrescuedbyaninefoottallYetithatnursedhimbacktohealthun

tild'Auverguewasabletoreturnhomebyhimself.Inmanyotherstories,though,theYetihasn'tbeensobenign.OneSherpagirl,whowastendingheryaks,des

cribedbeingsurprisedbyalargeape-likecreaturewithblackandbrownhair.Itstartedtodragheroff,butseemedtobestartledbyherscreamsandlethergo.It

thensavagelykilledtwoofheryaks.Sheescapedwithherlifeandtheincidentwasreportedtothepolice,whofoundfootprints.Severalexpeditionshaveb

eenorganizedtotrackdowntheYeti,butnonehavefoundmorethanfootprintsandquestionableartifactslikescalpsandhides.TheLond

onDailyMailsentanexpeditionin1954.AmericanoilmenTomSlickandF.KirkJohnsonfinancedtripsin1957,58,and59.Proba

blythemostwell-knownexpeditionwentin1960.SirEdmundHillary,thesamemanthathadfirstclimbedEverestin1953,leadthe1960tripinassociationwithDesmon

dDoig.TheexpeditionwassponsoredbytheWorldBookEncyclopediaandwaswelloutfittedwithtrip-wirecameras,aswellastimelapseandinfraredphotography.D

espiteaten-monthstaythegroupfailedtofindanyconvincingevidenceoftheexistenceoftheYeti.Theartifactstheyexamined,two

skinsandascalp,turnedouttobelongtotwobluebearsandaserowgoat.AtthetimeHillaryandDoigwroteofftheYetiaslegend.Later,though,Doigdecided

thattheexpeditionhadbeentoobigandclumsy.Theydidn'tseeaYeti,heagreed,butnordidtheyobservesuchanimalslikethesnowleopa

rdwhichwasknowntoexist.AfterspendingthirtyyearsintheHimalayasDoigbelievesthattheYetiisactuallythreeanimals.Thefirsti

swhattheSherpascallthe"dzuteh."Largeshaggyanimalsthatoftenattackcattle.DiogthinksthisisprobablytheTibetanbluebear.Acreaturesorareitisknownonlyinthewe

stthroughafewskins,bonesandaskull.Thesecondtype,called"thelma,"isprobablyagibbon(aknowntypeofape)thatDiogthinksmayliveasfarnorthasNepa

l,thoughit'sneverbeenspottedpasttheBrahmaputraRiverinIndia.ThethirdYeti,"mihteh,"isthetrueabominablesnowmanofleg

end.Asavageape,coveredwithblackorredhairthatlivesataltitudesofupto20,000feet.Sofarthereisnofirmevidencetosuppor

ttheexistenceoftheYeti,butthereisnowayshowthathedoesn'texisteither.Ifheindeedlivesinthebarren,frozen,

upperreachesoftheHimalayaswherefewmendaretotread,hemayfindhisrefugesafeforalongtimetocome.