Does the abominable snowman exist?

Over the past century there have been many anecdotal reports of sightings of the abominable snowman or what is also known as the yeti. Similar mystery primates have been reported from every continent including the Sasquatch of North America, the Yeren of China, the Yowie in Australia, the Orang Pendek in Sumatra, the Hibagon in Japan, the Almasty in Siberia, the ogopogo in Africa and the mapinguari in Brazil. In every single continent no one has come close to capturing or even obtaining a genuine photo of these creatures.

The Internet is awash with sightings of these creatures, unfortunately, despite exhaustive search, there is no solid evidence that such a creature exists. Most of the images of large footprints in the snow have turned out to be animal prints or nomadic hunters wearing exotic snowshoes.

The Yeti was first reported on Mount Everest in the 1920 and since then there have been numerous sightings of a tall bipedal hairy creature that resembles a large bear of gorilla. Even Sir Edmund Hillary claimed that he had found some hairs that belonged to the yeti but when analyzed, the hairs were from the backside of a human who had taken a ‘dump’ in one of the crevices on Mount Everest.

Overall, the majority of sightings of the abominable snowman have been hoaxes. Today with the availability of photoshop and refined video programs, hundreds of images and videos of the yeti have been published online. In1950, the Nepalese government offered $800 for anyone who captured the yeti – this money still has not been awarded and this is not due to lack of effort.

Today most scientists do not believe that such a creature exists except in the minds of people who are too drunk or have wild imagination.

In any case, finding the yeti is a big business in Nepal. For a week, you can go on an expedition along the vast ranges of Mount Everest, stay in nice hotels, sip fine tea and check out the landscape for a cool $5,000-$10,000 depending on the duration of your trip. There are still some people who are not deterred by the lack of evidence and continue their search in different parts of the world- of course they always come back with fancy stores about how they just missed the yeti and thus, life goes on.