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| Japanese team finds 'yeti footprints' in Nepal |
| 2008-10-20 |
| KATHMANDU (AFP) – A team of Japanese adventurers say they have discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet. "The footprints were about 20 centimetres (eight inches) long and looked like a human's," Yoshiteru Takahashi, the leader of the Yeti Project Japan, told AFP in Kathmandu on Monday. Takahashi was speaking after he returned with his seven-member team from their third attempt to track down the half-man-half-ape, tales of which have gripped the imaginations of Western adventurers and mountaineers for decades. Despite spending 42 days on Dhaulagiri IV -- a 7,661-metre (25,135-foot) peak where they say they have seen traces of yetis in the past -- the team failed in their prime objective of capturing one on film. But Takahashi said the footprints were proof enough. "Myself and other team members have been coming to the Himalayas for years and we can recognise bear, deer, wolf and snow leopard prints and it was none of those," he said. "We remain convinced it is real. The footprints and the stories the local tell make us sure that it is not imaginary," he added. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #5 Just my opinion, Yeti, but I do like the Snowy River angle. 'Course, I liked the Snowman too - and I didn't confuse you with the Bartender. But.... Your nym, your choice. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-20 22:59 |
| #4 And I thought the Japanese would just _GO AWAY_ when I told them that NO, NONE OF OUR PEOPLE HAVE TENTACLES. I thought they'd go chase lake monsters in China after that. |
| Posted by: Tranquil Mechanical Yeti 2008-10-20 22:42 |
| #3 I had to change to this "nickname" because the old one was generating confusion with Autobartender when abbreviated. Although now I'm having regrets; maybe I should have picked the Thing From Snowy River? |
| Posted by: Tranquil Mechanical Yeti 2008-10-20 22:39 |
| #2 Say, .. . anyone seen Abdominal Snowman today? I think he said he was going out of town for a few days, didn't he? |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-10-20 21:33 |
| #1 Yeah the stories the locals tell, and that Yeti fur they had that turned out to be mountain goat skin. I'm sure the locals also have snowshoes with big yeti-style footprint makers on the underside. I would if I were them. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-10-20 20:23 |