Worthy of buying? Has anyone read it?

Yes, it is worth reading as it gives the background to the expedition, but unfortunately doesn’t give a zoological perspective.

There is another book by Heather Pringle The Master Plan: Himmler’s Scholars and the Holocaust that also covers the Schafer expedition.

Unfortunately the book that is only available in German Geheimnis Tibet - Erster Bericht der Deutschen Tibet-Expedition 1938/39 is probably the best to read.

Yeti: Hunt for the Wildman is an investigation that heads into the depths of Bhutan, where for generations locals have reported sighting of the Migoi, a beast unknown to scientists and commonly known in the west as the Yeti. This film employs the latest techniques in an attempt to capture the creature on camera, and uses DNA analysis to test the findings of the team

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“There is a strong possibilty that this maybe the case as a yet unidentied brwon bear subspecies skin was obtained from Bhutan as recently as 5-6 years ago.”

Could you provide a link to a news story about the Bhutan find?

Thanks in advance.

Most, if not all of the correspondence, books expedition reports have never been translated from German to English so if is difficult to gauge how Ernst Schäfer felt about the Nazi ideology, whether he was a true believer or played up to the Ahnenerbe to get support for the expedition.

Schäfer was an experienced naturalist & identified the snowman as being either the tibetan blue bear or another unknown species of brown bear from Nepal/Tibet border.

There is a strong possibilty that this maybe the case as a yet unidentied brwon bear subspecies skin was obtained from Bhutan as recently as 5-6 years ago.

While it is possible that the previous thought extict giant orangutan that lived in the montane forests of Asia region may still be alive, especially in China, it is doubtful whether the yeti is a living Gigantopithecus as it now seems likely that this ape was not bipedal.

Therefore the yeti/bear hypothesis is just as reasonable as the gigantopithecus/yeti theory.

And I always thought that “Mi-Go” is a fantasy word coined up by Lovecraft for his “Fungi from Yuggoth”. I never heard it mentioned in the context of actual cryptozoology. Does anyone know any interesting sources on that?

In Lovecraft’s story “Whisperer in Darkness,” the narrator and his correspondent associate the folklore of the Vermont mountain “star people” with tales of the Mi-Go or Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas. And while depicted typically flying, in the original source material, the Fungi walk at times.

Frank Peretti wrote a novel that delved into this line of thinking and it is simply called: MONSTER. Peretti writes from a Christian perspective but I think anyone who is into cryptozoology as fiction would find this an interesting read. It is not an evangelistic book so if you are a non-believer don’t freak out. Here’s a link to it.

I sent it to a friend in British Columbia who still swears that he saw a sasquatch several years ago. (He is one of the reasons I keep the door open to the possibility) He enjoyed the book.

Worthy of buying? Has anyone read it?