The Abominable Snowman, also known as the Yeti, is a legendary creature often described as a large, hairy, humanlike being said to inhabit the Himalayas near the snow line. This mythical monster has captured the imagination for years, with numerous theories and accounts surrounding its existence. The term “Abominable Snowman” was popularized by Western explorers in the 20th century. Read More English Summaries.
The Abominable Snowman Summary
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The writer in this chapter tries to unfold the mystery of the Abominable Snowman or as we call it, ‘Yeti’. In 1921 Col. Howard Bury who was the leader of the first Mount Everest Party traced the footprints resembling those of a human being on the Lakhpa La, a 22,000 foot pass northeast of the mountain. For him, the belief of his porters that the tracks were made by the wild men of the snows, was ridiculous.
He feels science welcomes all speculations and on that basis the scientist traces to add something new to that knowledge. If fingerprints can decide the fate of a man, why can the footprints not establish the existence of one. So, the writer begins his effort to find out the facts behind the abominable snowman. Mr. Henry Newman interviewed the porters and got a full description of the wild men who were called Metch Kangmi—Kangmi meaning snowmen and Metch as Newman happily translated abominable.
Mr Newman thought the tracks were made by men who were either outlaws or ascetics striving to obtain magical powers by cutting themselves off from mankind and refusing to wash. The abominable snowman has remained a mystery for a long time. In 1936, Mr. Ronald Kaulbaclwhile travelling iii the upper Saiween, reported having seen at 16,000 feet five sets of tracks which looked exactly as though made by a bare-footed man. The report was contradicted by various views but he confirmed that he did not find any monkey or langur in the region.
However, he did not reject the idea about giant panda and snow bear. In an article in The Times Mr. Smythe described how in Garhwal in the central Himalayas at 6,50 feet he and his Sherpa porters found the imprints of a huge foot apparently of a biped. Photographs and measurements were taken and to clinch the things the Sherpas were induced to sign a statement to the effect that the tracks were those of a Metch Kangmi. Later, the prints were submitted to the zoological pundits and were pronounced by them to be those of a bear.
In short, any tracks seen in the high snows then or therefore might safely be ascribed to bears and nothing else which of course is nonsense. The author in 1938 too saw tracks which could not be explained away by shouting bear any more than those seen by Kaulback, Eleauman, Bhale, and others. The author was in Sikkim and with two Sherpas, he was crossing the Gemu saps in 19,000 feel pass between Kanchenjunga and Simbu. He was told that to; last visit to those parts had been made by Brigadier Johen Hunt.
The Abominable Snowman Summary
There is discrepancy between the tracks seen by Hunt and, that of the writer. Finally, the writer came to his last and more substantial evidence found by A.N. Tombazi who examined the footprints which were similar in case to those of a man but only six or seven inches long. Marks of five toes and instep were clear but trace of heel indistinct. The prints were undoubtedly those of a biped.
Tombazi reiterated with a sufficient degree of certainty that the silhouette of the mysterious being was identical with the outline of a human figure. The writer finds Mr. Tombazi with his fantastic legends and delicious fairy tales evidently an unwitting witness and all the more valuable on that account. He concludes with his affirmation that tracks for which no adequate explanation is forthcoming have been seen and will, no doubt, continue to be seen in the Himalayas. We shall attribute them to the Abominable Snowman until the other strong claimant appears.