Japanese team finds 'yeti footprints' in Nepal

AFP on Yahoo ^ | 10/20/08 | AFP

[NormsRevenge]

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

[NormsRevenge]

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 say they have discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet. (AFP/HO)

[BGHater]

‘”The footprints were about 20 centimetres (eight inches) long and looked like a human’s,” Yoshiteru Takahashi’

Kinda small for a yeti. But, this is a Japanese report..

[mnehring]

So why couldn’t it just be a human’s footprint?

[Jazz1968]

So Yao Ming enjoys hiking and mountain climbing.

[weegee]

Do they lead to a halloween costume with some opossum entrails in a meat freezer?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Well how else is he going to mail in his absentee ballot for Obama? You say the yeti isn't a US citizen? Obama isn't.

[John123]

So why couldn’t it just be a human’s footprint?

Aw... don't spoil their fun!

[weegee]

"World's smallet yeti!"

[Perdogg]

I am sure Yeti is registered to vote in Ohio, Indiana, and Mo.

[fso301]

[DoughtyOne]

Meanwhile, in the Napalese Yeti Gazette: For the first time footprints believed to be that of the mythical Japanese, are believed to have been documented on the soil of Napal. No Yetis have ever captured a photo of them yet, but the mythical character has long been rumored to have been lurking about the Napalese countryside. From time to time local Yetis surface stating they have seen one, but most Yetis don’t take the reports too serious.

[bert]

.....Kinda small for a yeti.....

Which means this would be the first record of footprints of an immature yeti.

I give them credit for dedication. Tromping around in the snowy boondocks is not for the faint hearted

[ZULU]

You can’t just have one lonely Yeti stompiong the mountains of Nepal. You need a breeding population which means lots of males and females and offspring. So what the heck could they possibly eat up there?

Tourist garbage?

[muleskinner]

I am willing to bet a pile of Yen, that the footprint is an exact match to one of the “adventurers”. 8 inches indeed. That’s no Bigfoot, that’s Shrimpfoot.

[muleskinner]

“This is Tranya, I hope you enjoy it, as much as I”

[weegee]

Yellow snow.

[NCjim]

[BigCinBigD]

It was very tiring hearing “ are we there Yeti, are we there Yeti” all the way up the mountain said Yoshiteru Takahashi, talking about his lead Sherpa Frank who will not be invited back.

[sinanju]

Isn’t that a Wampa of Planet Hoth?

[mnehring]

If they want bigfoot, they should take Shaq on their next trek.