Cryptomundo » Japanese Team Finds Yeti Footprints In Nepal

Japanese Team Finds Yeti Footprints In Nepal

Posted by: Loren Coleman on October 20th, 2008

An undated handout picture from Yeti Project Japan, received on October 20, 2008, shows what is alleged to be the footprint of a Yeti (left) measured on the Dhaulagiri mountain and compared to a human footprint (right). A team of Japanese adventurers reports they have discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary Yeti said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet.
(AFP/HO)

KATHMANDU (AFP) – A team of Japanese adventurers say[s] 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.

Photographs of the prints have been posted on the expedition’s website.

The team had set out nine motion-sensitive cameras in an area where Takahashi saw what he thought was a yeti during a previous expedition in 2003.

“It was about 200 metres away in silhouette. It was walking on two legs like a human and looked about 150 centimetres tall,” said Takahashi.

Despite their lack of success this time, the team plans to continue the quest.

“We will come back as soon as we can, and we will keep coming back until we get the yeti on film,” said Takahashi.AFP

This entry was posted on Monday, October 20th, 2008 at 3:12 pm and is filed under Abominable Snowman, Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptotourism, Evidence, Expedition Reports, Footprint Evidence, Photos, Yeti. You can follow responses via our RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is not allowed.

Spread the Word!

del.icio.us Digg Furl Reddit StumbleUpon Help

Similar Phenomena:

11 Responses to “Japanese Team Finds Yeti Footprints In Nepal”

RyanWinters86 responds: October 20th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Thanks for the post Loren…But i think that this could be anything..especially only being 8 inches long and not very clear…but you never know, it could be a baby yeti.
mrbf2006 responds: October 20th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
The photo on the left of the alleged Yeti footprint seems to be more humanlike and human-sized than Yeti-sized. It could be one of those monks who like to walk around barefoot up in the Himalayas. Still, interesting article.
cryptidsrus responds: October 20th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Wish these hardy, hopeful gentlemen all the luck that I can possibly muster in the world.
May they find Ole Snowy indeed.
Lightning Orb responds: October 21st, 2008 at 3:48 am
It’s probably not from a monk unless he had his big toe curled under his foot - hard to tell, though it doesn’t really look like there’s enough of an indent for that. But I agree it’s hard to tell much about it. Better than most of those vids of brown hairy things in the trees though. And who knows - perhaps the Yeti is a sort of human…
cliffhanger042002 responds: October 21st, 2008 at 8:35 am
I’m just glad to see some measurements and someone take the time to drop a tape/ruler down next to the print for scale and reference!!! LOL.
DWA responds: October 21st, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Well, aren’t they excited.

I guess you would have to be there, looking at that long line of prints, and not seeing any way that any combination of sun, wind, moisture and the funny things animal feet and snow do could come up with any animal you know about.

And to me there it is. How long was this trackway? is to me essential to know. It’s a standard tracker’s aphorism that any animal, sooner or later, can make a perfect example of a different animal’s track. But a long line of tracks that look like nothing known to exist, every one of them being a known animal’s track, monkeyed with by the elements?

Seems a stretch to me, that.

Off to look at this website.
Spinach Village responds: October 21st, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Who walks around in the snow barefoot except yeti’s? How cold is it there anyhow?
MattBille responds: October 21st, 2008 at 5:13 pm
How long can the foot of the Himalyan langur be?
Lightning Orb responds: October 21st, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Then again if monks do walk around barefoot in the snow they might be missing a toe or two
shumway10973 responds: October 22nd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I was under the impression that a footprint (of anything) in that condition in the snow means it’s old (the footprint). It has been at least a few days (if not more) and rather useless. I am a little skeptical about this one. The footprint looks skinny and short. True, this could be a juvenile (especially seeing how we know nothing of their lifestyle), but I doubt a juvenile would be walking around out there by itself.
Lightning Orb responds: October 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 pm
@ shumway - I thought it looked absurdly skinny at first also, but I think that’s just a bad angle; if not it doesn’t even look like a hominoid. From the description it does certainly sound too short for a normal Yeti though

Leave your comments

You must be logged in to post a comment.

|Top | Content|

Cryptomundo
for Bigfoot, Loch Ness, and More

Japanese Team Finds Yeti Footprints In Nepal

Spread the Word!

11 Responses to “Japanese Team Finds Yeti Footprints In Nepal”

Leave your comments

Main Page

Join The Search

Mystery Pages

Login

Advertisement

Syndication

Donate Today

The Beyond

Advertisement

T 84 Viagra

taking viagra after the expiration date

cheap gerneric viagra

generic viagra levitra and cialis pills!

cheap gerneric viagra

cheap gerneric viagra

cheap gerneric viagra

Non Prescription Viagra

Viagra Illegal Phillipines

Side Affects Of Viagra

Buy Viagra Online At

taking viagra woman

Viagra And Cannabis

generic viagra levitra and cialis pills!

Viagra Bon Marche

taking viagra woman

Impotence Viagra

cheap gerneric viagra