The Abominable Snowman on MonsterQuest!
– – MonsterQuest finally came up with their long-awaited episode on the Yeti on October 25th after previous ho-hum episodes on wild dogs and rats.- – Here at last is a cryptid worthy of consideration! The Abominable Snowman differs from his North American Bigfoot cousin in being more aggressive and carnivorous; he’s nocturnal, and goes after both people and their livestock in the Himalayas.- – You gotta give the big guy credit for that!
Examined were hair and footprint evidence as well as images from cameras. The most recent footprint from 2008 was actually regarded to be a hoofprint, kind of a drag-impression in the snow distorted by multiple freeze and thaw cycles. Fifty-year old hair samples supposedly from the skullcap of a Yeti were also analyzed, and found to be from a deer-like creature. Picture images from cameras set up at different locations were of the usual birds with perhaps an antlered beast or two thrown in. Lastly, eyewitness accounts of the Yeti were chalked off as being misidentified bears!
There were some interesting sidebars; apparently, the Nazis had sent teams out in pursuit of the Yeti, and locals led the Nazis to a supposed lair where they shot…a bear! I also loved a scene where an investigative team came upon a slaughtered and partly-eaten goat, perhaps consumed by the Yeti; the lead investigator indulged himself in the treat, which had been lying out for five or six days, and found it to be like jerky…”rather tasty, actually,” he proclaimed.–Anyone else up for five-day old goat, partly eaten by who knows what?–Didn’t think so…
It’s well been pointed out that even known identified species are hard to track over wild terrain, so I’m really not surprised by the lack of Yeti evidence. –And why do we call him Abominable, together with “terrifying” and “ferocious?” – – Doesn’t the Yeti just need a good spin doctor?–Why not as in the Tundra cartoon, come up with an Amiable Snowman?
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October 27, 2009 at 4:56 pm
I believe that British anthropologist described it as being derived from a poor (Victorian-era?)translation of the Sherpa name. The literal translation is “Foul-smelling Man of the Snows.”
But, somehow, the Sherpa word for “foul” got changed to “abominable,” and the news media of the day took care of the rest.
In hindsight, the Sherpa name makes a lot of sense, as extreme B.O. is now considered a classic indicator of a crypto-primate’s presence. Just re-read all the accounts of Bigfoot’s earliest 20th century encounters with people!
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October 27, 2009 at 6:53 pm
And where humans are concerned, some of them don’t smell like roses, either! 😉
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October 29, 2009 at 7:42 pm
So long as they don’t smell like tobacco smoke.
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