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abominable snowman

abominable snowman noun
A hairy humanlike animal reportedly inhabiting the snows of the high Himalaya Mountains. Also called yeti.

abominable snowman

abominable snowman or yeti (yèt´ê), manlike creature associated with the Himalayas. Known through tracks ascribed to it and alleged encounters, it is supposedly 6 to 7 ft (1.8 to 2.1 m) tall and covered with long hair. While many scholars dismiss it as a myth, others claim it may be a kind of ape.


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The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas. In 1951, an expedition found a track on the Menlung Glacier between internal linkTibet and Nepal, at an altitude of 6000 meters. The footprints they saw were 33 cm by 45 cm and were made by a foot which has 5 toes of which the inner toes were larger than the others. The heel was flat and exceptionally broad. The track itself appeared to be fresh so the footprints were not enlarged by melting snow. This was clearly shown by the many photographs they took. Although there were many doubts about these photographs, if they were believed to be true at all. But those who did believe were certain that was not made by any known animal.

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Origin
The people of Nepal call it a "rakshasa" which is internal linkSanskrit for "demon". According to them, stories of its existence date back to the 4th century BC; references to the Yeti are found in a poem called 'Rama and Sita'. It has regularly been sighted since 1832. Yeti means "internal linkmagical creature". The name 'The Abominable Snowman' however, was given to it by western newspapers who wanted to give their readers the feeling of terror which the creature supposedly causes in the valleys, crevices and glaciers of the Himalayas.

According to legends, there are three species: the Rimi (some 2,5 m), the Nyalmot (4,5 m) and the Raksi-Bombo (1,5 m). In spite of differences in size, the species have a general resemblance. The Yeti has reddish hair (although others claim it is gray), smells terrible and it is very strong (it throws boulders as if they were pebbles). It makes an ululating or whistling sound, and is sometimes heard roaring like a lion. The Yeti is rumored to be very fond of strong alcoholic drinks.

There are many uncertainties about its origin, whether it exists or not. Some say that the Yeti is a descendant of a race of giant apes, the 'gigantophitecus' who retreated into the Himalayas some 500.000 years ago. Another theory is that the Yetis are descendant of the A-o-re, an ancient people that fled into the mountains to escape their enemies. In the following millennia, they degraded to a race of monstrous creatures. Skeptics say that the tracks were made by ordinary animals like a bear or an ape.

Expeditions
Of the many expeditions set out to find it, was also that of Sir Edmund Hillary, the first ever to climb the Mount Everest. He funded this expedition himself, for he and his guide Tenzing Norgay had seen footprints of a Yeti on a previous expedition. Unfortunately, his expedition was as unsuccessful as those who had gone before. However, he brought back with him a borrowed artifact: the upper half of the skull of a Yeti. This scalp came from the Khumjung Gompa (monastery) in Nepal where it is kept as a relic. It is some 300 years old, 20 cm high and has a circumference of 65 cm. Scientists said it belonged to a serow (mountain goat) which lives in eastern Asia.

There have been many other expeditions, but on none of those they got so much as even a glimpse of the creature. However, just like the 1951 expedition, they found tracks of the Yeti, and made casts of its footprints. The lack of evidence did not keep the government of Nepal from officially declaring the Yeti to exist in 1961. It became their national symbol, and an important source of income. There are even stamps of the creature.


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Amon Duul II - Yeti 12inch x2 on Repertoire (1970)

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604 entity Yeti - personnel:

Musicians on "Yeti Part 1, 2 & 3"

Trance De Eivissa: The Hidden Outdoor Party Sound

Musicians on "Yeti Part 4"

As above plus

Graham Wood (TIP)

"The Mystery of the Yeti" story devised by Raja Ram Rothfield & Chicago


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Mystery Of The Yeti
Mystery Of The Yeti Part 2
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