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Yeti

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Painted illustration: large shaggy white ape-like creature on a snowy Himalayan ridge
AI rendition based on witness descriptions, not an actual photo.
Footprints in the snow that Frank Smythe photographed in the Himalaya in 1937 and that were offered as yeti tracks.
Footprints in the snow that Frank Smythe photographed in the Himalaya in 1937 and that were offered as yeti tracks · Gardner Soule · Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons) · Image source
A footprint C. R. Cooke photographed on the Singalila Ridge in June 1944, with sunglasses included for scale.
A footprint C. R. Cooke photographed on the Singalila Ridge in June 1944, with sunglasses included for scale · W1k1T1ppEx · CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons) · Image source · License

An ape-like animal of the Himalaya; also part of Sherpa and Tibetan tradition.

Disputed Verdict: The physical samples tested so far came from bears and a dog.

Region
Asia · Nepal / Tibet / Bhutan
First reports
1921 (Howard-Bury expedition's 'metoh-kangmi' report)

Key sightings

Best evidence

Footprints and relics; DNA studies point to bears.

Ledger cases

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