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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Yeti Hair and Footprints Found, Adduced as Evidence of Mythical Creature's Existence
October 14, 2011 6:14 AM GMT
Video proof of the Yeti finally emerged from the wilds of Siberia and presented to the international community after reports on Monday that the research team had stumbled on indisputable proof of the creature's existence.
The footage presented shows hair and footprints that are allegedly from the Abominable Snowman the research team comprised of international scientist, found a week ago in the coal-mining region of Kemerovo.
"During the expedition to the Azasskaya cave, conference participants gathered indisputable proof that the Shoria mountains are inhabited by the 'Snow Man'," the Kemerovo region administration said in a statement.
"Conference participants came to the conclusion that the artifacts found give 95% evidence of the habitation of the 'snow man' on Kemerovo region territory," the statement continued.
"In one of the detected tracks, Russian scientist Anatoly Fokin noted several hairs that might belong to the yeti," it added.
The research team had been searching the area for signs of the Yeti after sightings of the mysterious creature began pouring in from eye-witnesses. Kemerovo's governor had invited the researchers from various countries including the U.S. and Canada to search for the Yeti in the region.
The scientific community however remains unaffected by the so-called proof from the researchers. Until the hair can be subjected to genetic testing that shows it didn't come from known animals, the hair alone isn't enough to convince the scientific community about the Yeti's existence in the Siberian tundra.
Unless the researchers find more evidence, most notably a set of bones scientists can run tests on or even indisputable video evidence of the creature, the Yeti will remain just another tall tale.
http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/231073/20111014/yeti-abominable-snowman-evidence-proof-siberia-scientists-creatures.htm
Scientists Say Mythical Monster The Yeti Is Real, Lives In Siberia
Posted by JacobSloan on October 24, 2011
103770942The existence of a giant, apelike monster, alternately known as Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman, Sasquatch, et cetera, has long been scoffed at and dismissed as a hoax. However, an international team of scientists say the mythical beast is real and roaming the furthest reaches of Russia. Via TIME:
103770942The existence of a giant, apelike monster, alternately known as Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman, Sasquatch, et cetera, has long been scoffed at and dismissed as a hoax. However, an international team of scientists say the mythical beast is real and roaming the furthest reaches of Russia. Via TIME:
Scientists and yeti enthusiasts believe there may finally be solid evidence that the apelike creature roams the vast Siberian tundra.http://www.disinfo.com/2011/10/scientists-say-mythical-monster-the-yeti-is-real-in-siberia/
A team of a dozen-plus experts from as far afield as Canada and Sweden have proclaimed themselves 95% certain of the mythical animal’s existence after a daylong conference in the town of Tashtagol in the Kemerovo region, some 2,000 miles east of Moscow. In recent years, locals there have reported sightings of the yeti, also known as the abominable snowman.
The Kemerovo government announced on Oct. 10 that a two-day expedition the previous weekend to the region’s Azassky cave and Karatag peak “collected irrefutable evidence” of yetis’ existence on the wintry plateau.
“Conference participants came to the conclusion that the artifacts found give 95% evidence of the habitation of the ’snow man’ on Kemerovo region territory,” read a statement. “In one of the detected tracks, Russian scientist Anatoly Fokin noted several hairs that might belong to the yeti,” it added. The group also discovered footprints, a presumed bed and various other markers.
The scientific community has historically disputed the existence of the yeti given scant conclusive evidence. But numerous sightings of such creatures have been reported in Himalayan countries and in North America, where it is known as Sasquatch, or bigfoot.
Tracing the steps of a yeti hunter
New book examines the life of modern-day adventurer Jordi Magraner
JACINTO ANTÓN - Barcelona - 31/10/2011
Going off in search of someone who has disappeared is a classic theme in travel and adventure stories, whether it be Captain Grant, Livingstone, Kurtz or Grabot. Spain's most original, circumspect and mythologizing literary traveler, Gabi Martínez - author of the splendid Sudd - goes after a real-life modern adventurer in his latest book, Sólo para gigantes (or, For giants only). Jordi Magraner was a Frenchman of Valencian origin who was born in Casablanca and ended up climbing the mountains of Hindu Kush in search of the Abominable Snowman, no less. He eventually fell in love with that scenery of greatness, legend and risk, and became every bit as fascinating himself as the creature he was after, before being ultimately murdered.
In Sólo para gigantes, Martínez sketches a portrait of Magraner, an extravagant individual of questionable character, who even comes across as odious at times. Displaying nothing short of obsession, Martínez explores every last aspect of his biography to the extent of exposing himself to some of the same dangers that Magraner faced, and which resulted in the latter getting his throat slit, along with an indigenous child who was his disciple, in a remote corner of Pakistan where the Taliban prospered. It is a dark, hypnotic book, the chronicle of a personal fascination that leads us to remote, majestic and Kipling-like locations in Nuristan, a hotbed of adventure throughout the centuries. The story is also a journey into the darkest and most remote corners of the human soul.
One rarely finds a writer who has been so affected by his own book. Martínez seems to literally have been sucked up by the story. He looks lean and tormented, as though he and Magraner had collided at some existential crossroads. "You talk about the Yeti and you get smiles," he says without the slightest hint of a smile, sitting in the lush garden of the cozy Hotel Alma in Barcelona. This is a very appropriate place to meet, and not just because of the plants, but also because "alma" is the way Russians refer to the Yeti or Abominable Snowman.
"Someone who goes off in search of the Yeti, or Barmanu as he is known in Hindi, is someone I like from the get-go. But when you see that this is just the tip of the iceberg of a fascinating life, you feel compelled to go deeper into the story, which is the kind of story that deserves to be told," he says. The book, which he describes as "a non-fiction novel," teeters on the edge of reality, but the author emphasizes that when you have such an incredible story as Magraner's to work with, "you don't need to make anything up."
Martínez notes that the process of writing all of his books has changed him in some way, but none as much as this one. Magraner had very dark, repulsive sides to him, and even a fascist streak. And then there is the sexual issue. "I was aware, while I was writing about him, that there were aspects of his personality that would be unsettling and reprehensible to the reader. But at the same time there are also many positive ones. For instance, his decisive contribution to opening a humanitarian aid route through the mountains thanks to his relationship with Ahmad Shah Massoud, the Lion of Panjshir, or his determination to defend the local traditions of the Kalash pagans, who are surrounded by Muslims. That is why I got into the story. It afforded an exceptional opportunity to explore the human condition, for better and for worse."
The writer underscores that Magraner was a man of action and a real character who had the privilege of experiencing a period of historical change in one of the most extraordinary spots in the world. He was someone who went off in search of a dream (although he did not find the Yeti) and who saw how international circumstances turned his piece of paradise into a living hell. It was simply not the same roaming the most abrupt areas of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in fatigues and infrared glasses during the 1980s, and to do so following 9/11.
Gabi Martínez follows Magraner's adventures up until his mysterious murder in 2002, at the age of 43. His dreams of greatness and pristine mountains, his interest in the natural sciences which derived into cryptozoology (his thesis on the Yeti is based on the work of Bernard Heuvelmans, author of Sur la piste des bêtes ignorées (or, On the trail of unknown beasts), his expeditions, his failed attempts at earning respectability in scientific circles, his progressive immersion into Kalash society, his knowledge of the land and the people, all made him someone who amounted to something in the area.
In Magraner's story, there is an increasing disenchantment and dulling of the senses. There were even accusations of pederasty. "It is one of the hypotheses for his murder, along with espionage or drug trafficking. I merely make note of it," says the writer. The crime was never solved. "The police investigation was pitiful. There is an interest in not having people know more about the case."
As for his own theories, Martínez says that, "Magraner was a bother. It was easy for some people to believe that the zoologist was in fact a spy. He was in the way, and he was disposed of."
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/english/Tracing/the/steps/of/yeti/hunter/elpepueng/20111031elpeng_3/Ten
JACINTO ANTÓN - Barcelona - 31/10/2011
Going off in search of someone who has disappeared is a classic theme in travel and adventure stories, whether it be Captain Grant, Livingstone, Kurtz or Grabot. Spain's most original, circumspect and mythologizing literary traveler, Gabi Martínez - author of the splendid Sudd - goes after a real-life modern adventurer in his latest book, Sólo para gigantes (or, For giants only). Jordi Magraner was a Frenchman of Valencian origin who was born in Casablanca and ended up climbing the mountains of Hindu Kush in search of the Abominable Snowman, no less. He eventually fell in love with that scenery of greatness, legend and risk, and became every bit as fascinating himself as the creature he was after, before being ultimately murdered.
In Sólo para gigantes, Martínez sketches a portrait of Magraner, an extravagant individual of questionable character, who even comes across as odious at times. Displaying nothing short of obsession, Martínez explores every last aspect of his biography to the extent of exposing himself to some of the same dangers that Magraner faced, and which resulted in the latter getting his throat slit, along with an indigenous child who was his disciple, in a remote corner of Pakistan where the Taliban prospered. It is a dark, hypnotic book, the chronicle of a personal fascination that leads us to remote, majestic and Kipling-like locations in Nuristan, a hotbed of adventure throughout the centuries. The story is also a journey into the darkest and most remote corners of the human soul.
One rarely finds a writer who has been so affected by his own book. Martínez seems to literally have been sucked up by the story. He looks lean and tormented, as though he and Magraner had collided at some existential crossroads. "You talk about the Yeti and you get smiles," he says without the slightest hint of a smile, sitting in the lush garden of the cozy Hotel Alma in Barcelona. This is a very appropriate place to meet, and not just because of the plants, but also because "alma" is the way Russians refer to the Yeti or Abominable Snowman.
"Someone who goes off in search of the Yeti, or Barmanu as he is known in Hindi, is someone I like from the get-go. But when you see that this is just the tip of the iceberg of a fascinating life, you feel compelled to go deeper into the story, which is the kind of story that deserves to be told," he says. The book, which he describes as "a non-fiction novel," teeters on the edge of reality, but the author emphasizes that when you have such an incredible story as Magraner's to work with, "you don't need to make anything up."
Martínez notes that the process of writing all of his books has changed him in some way, but none as much as this one. Magraner had very dark, repulsive sides to him, and even a fascist streak. And then there is the sexual issue. "I was aware, while I was writing about him, that there were aspects of his personality that would be unsettling and reprehensible to the reader. But at the same time there are also many positive ones. For instance, his decisive contribution to opening a humanitarian aid route through the mountains thanks to his relationship with Ahmad Shah Massoud, the Lion of Panjshir, or his determination to defend the local traditions of the Kalash pagans, who are surrounded by Muslims. That is why I got into the story. It afforded an exceptional opportunity to explore the human condition, for better and for worse."
The writer underscores that Magraner was a man of action and a real character who had the privilege of experiencing a period of historical change in one of the most extraordinary spots in the world. He was someone who went off in search of a dream (although he did not find the Yeti) and who saw how international circumstances turned his piece of paradise into a living hell. It was simply not the same roaming the most abrupt areas of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in fatigues and infrared glasses during the 1980s, and to do so following 9/11.
Gabi Martínez follows Magraner's adventures up until his mysterious murder in 2002, at the age of 43. His dreams of greatness and pristine mountains, his interest in the natural sciences which derived into cryptozoology (his thesis on the Yeti is based on the work of Bernard Heuvelmans, author of Sur la piste des bêtes ignorées (or, On the trail of unknown beasts), his expeditions, his failed attempts at earning respectability in scientific circles, his progressive immersion into Kalash society, his knowledge of the land and the people, all made him someone who amounted to something in the area.
In Magraner's story, there is an increasing disenchantment and dulling of the senses. There were even accusations of pederasty. "It is one of the hypotheses for his murder, along with espionage or drug trafficking. I merely make note of it," says the writer. The crime was never solved. "The police investigation was pitiful. There is an interest in not having people know more about the case."
As for his own theories, Martínez says that, "Magraner was a bother. It was easy for some people to believe that the zoologist was in fact a spy. He was in the way, and he was disposed of."
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/english/Tracing/the/steps/of/yeti/hunter/elpepueng/20111031elpeng_3/Ten
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Kiwi adventurer leads Yeti hunt
NEIL REID - Sunday News
Mike Allsop, who conquered Mt Everest three years ago, is searching for the skull and skeletal hand of what was said to be a mythical "Abominable Snowman".
The controversial artefacts were stolen from a monastery in the tiny Nepalese village of Pangboche, in the 1990s.
"I am hoping that the person who has them wants to give them back," Allsop told Sunday News. "I hope they will have an alert set up on their computer for whenever the artefacts are mentioned on the internet.
"I am offering... to go and reclaim them. I will go anywhere in the world in person, free of charge, no questions asked and I will also buy them a beer."
Weta Workshops has created life-sized replicas of the skull and hand to help searchers find the real things.
Allsop, 41, is an Air New Zealand pilot and was introduced to Weta boss Sir Richard Taylor by Air NZ chief executive Rob Fyfe.
Allsop will hand-deliver the replicas to the monastery when he and 17 Air NZ co-workers travel to Pangboche in April.
The original Pangboche hand and skull came to international prominence in the 1950s.
Texan adventurer and oil magnate Tom Slick photographed the items during one of his early missions to find the Yeti in 1957.
Two years later, one of Slick's team returned to the Pangboche monastery.
He reportedly drank Scotch with a monk until the local passed out, before stealing bone fragments from the hand. He then supposedly replaced the bones with those from a human hand, before rewrapping the Pangboche hand to disguise his theft.
The stolen fragments were allegedly smuggled back to America by a Hollywood star.
Then in 1999, the skull and what remained of the skeletal hand were stolen from the monastery.
Allsop, who scaled Mt Everest in 2007, was intrigued when he learned of the artefacts and determined to reclaim them for the monastery.
"These were very treasured artefacts," he said. "There was a huge outrage when they were stolen.
"The monks initially wouldn't show them to anyone, then slowly they showed them... unfortunately they showed them to one person too many."
Asked whether he believed in the existence of the Abominable Snowman, Allsop said: "A big part of me says, `Yes, the Yeti does exist'. Then the logical side goes, `Maybe it is a breed of bear or other type of animal which is yet to be discovered'.
"Then again, 100 years ago the panda was a mythological animal that hid in bamboo and killed people. I don't have any strong feelings. I just like the mystery of it."
During his several visits to the Everest region, he had heard "heaps of stories, third-hand" about the Yeti. One Himalayan map he had included a landmark highlighted with the phrase: "Yeti kills three yaks and attacks sherpa woman".
"There is also a sherpa who I have met a couple of times and he has three huge scars down the side of his face.
"Some people say he was attacked by a Yeti, other people say it was a bear.
"Privately, a lot of sherpas believe in the Yeti."
More information on Allsop's mission can be found on his website:
http://www.returnthehand.com/
Mike Allsop, who conquered Mt Everest three years ago, is searching for the skull and skeletal hand of what was said to be a mythical "Abominable Snowman".
"I am hoping that the person who has them wants to give them back," Allsop told Sunday News. "I hope they will have an alert set up on their computer for whenever the artefacts are mentioned on the internet.
"I am offering... to go and reclaim them. I will go anywhere in the world in person, free of charge, no questions asked and I will also buy them a beer."
Weta Workshops has created life-sized replicas of the skull and hand to help searchers find the real things.
Allsop, 41, is an Air New Zealand pilot and was introduced to Weta boss Sir Richard Taylor by Air NZ chief executive Rob Fyfe.
Allsop will hand-deliver the replicas to the monastery when he and 17 Air NZ co-workers travel to Pangboche in April.
The original Pangboche hand and skull came to international prominence in the 1950s.
Texan adventurer and oil magnate Tom Slick photographed the items during one of his early missions to find the Yeti in 1957.
Two years later, one of Slick's team returned to the Pangboche monastery.
He reportedly drank Scotch with a monk until the local passed out, before stealing bone fragments from the hand. He then supposedly replaced the bones with those from a human hand, before rewrapping the Pangboche hand to disguise his theft.
The stolen fragments were allegedly smuggled back to America by a Hollywood star.
Then in 1999, the skull and what remained of the skeletal hand were stolen from the monastery.
Allsop, who scaled Mt Everest in 2007, was intrigued when he learned of the artefacts and determined to reclaim them for the monastery.
"These were very treasured artefacts," he said. "There was a huge outrage when they were stolen.
"The monks initially wouldn't show them to anyone, then slowly they showed them... unfortunately they showed them to one person too many."
Asked whether he believed in the existence of the Abominable Snowman, Allsop said: "A big part of me says, `Yes, the Yeti does exist'. Then the logical side goes, `Maybe it is a breed of bear or other type of animal which is yet to be discovered'.
"Then again, 100 years ago the panda was a mythological animal that hid in bamboo and killed people. I don't have any strong feelings. I just like the mystery of it."
During his several visits to the Everest region, he had heard "heaps of stories, third-hand" about the Yeti. One Himalayan map he had included a landmark highlighted with the phrase: "Yeti kills three yaks and attacks sherpa woman".
"There is also a sherpa who I have met a couple of times and he has three huge scars down the side of his face.
"Some people say he was attacked by a Yeti, other people say it was a bear.
"Privately, a lot of sherpas believe in the Yeti."
More information on Allsop's mission can be found on his website:
http://www.returnthehand.com/
Kiwi adventurer leads Yeti hunt
NEIL REID - Sunday News
Mike Allsop, who conquered Mt Everest three years ago, is searching for the skull and skeletal hand of what was said to be a mythical "Abominable Snowman".
The controversial artefacts were stolen from a monastery in the tiny Nepalese village of Pangboche, in the 1990s.
"I am hoping that the person who has them wants to give them back," Allsop told Sunday News. "I hope they will have an alert set up on their computer for whenever the artefacts are mentioned on the internet.
"I am offering... to go and reclaim them. I will go anywhere in the world in person, free of charge, no questions asked and I will also buy them a beer."
Weta Workshops has created life-sized replicas of the skull and hand to help searchers find the real things.
Allsop, 41, is an Air New Zealand pilot and was introduced to Weta boss Sir Richard Taylor by Air NZ chief executive Rob Fyfe.
Allsop will hand-deliver the replicas to the monastery when he and 17 Air NZ co-workers travel to Pangboche in April.
The original Pangboche hand and skull came to international prominence in the 1950s.
Texan adventurer and oil magnate Tom Slick photographed the items during one of his early missions to find the Yeti in 1957.
Two years later, one of Slick's team returned to the Pangboche monastery.
He reportedly drank Scotch with a monk until the local passed out, before stealing bone fragments from the hand. He then supposedly replaced the bones with those from a human hand, before rewrapping the Pangboche hand to disguise his theft.
The stolen fragments were allegedly smuggled back to America by a Hollywood star.
Then in 1999, the skull and what remained of the skeletal hand were stolen from the monastery.
Allsop, who scaled Mt Everest in 2007, was intrigued when he learned of the artefacts and determined to reclaim them for the monastery.
"These were very treasured artefacts," he said. "There was a huge outrage when they were stolen.
"The monks initially wouldn't show them to anyone, then slowly they showed them... unfortunately they showed them to one person too many."
Asked whether he believed in the existence of the Abominable Snowman, Allsop said: "A big part of me says, `Yes, the Yeti does exist'. Then the logical side goes, `Maybe it is a breed of bear or other type of animal which is yet to be discovered'.
"Then again, 100 years ago the panda was a mythological animal that hid in bamboo and killed people. I don't have any strong feelings. I just like the mystery of it."
During his several visits to the Everest region, he had heard "heaps of stories, third-hand" about the Yeti. One Himalayan map he had included a landmark highlighted with the phrase: "Yeti kills three yaks and attacks sherpa woman".
"There is also a sherpa who I have met a couple of times and he has three huge scars down the side of his face.
"Some people say he was attacked by a Yeti, other people say it was a bear.
"Privately, a lot of sherpas believe in the Yeti."
More information on Allsop's mission can be found on his website:
http://www.returnthehand.com/
Mike Allsop, who conquered Mt Everest three years ago, is searching for the skull and skeletal hand of what was said to be a mythical "Abominable Snowman".
"I am hoping that the person who has them wants to give them back," Allsop told Sunday News. "I hope they will have an alert set up on their computer for whenever the artefacts are mentioned on the internet.
"I am offering... to go and reclaim them. I will go anywhere in the world in person, free of charge, no questions asked and I will also buy them a beer."
Weta Workshops has created life-sized replicas of the skull and hand to help searchers find the real things.
Allsop, 41, is an Air New Zealand pilot and was introduced to Weta boss Sir Richard Taylor by Air NZ chief executive Rob Fyfe.
Allsop will hand-deliver the replicas to the monastery when he and 17 Air NZ co-workers travel to Pangboche in April.
The original Pangboche hand and skull came to international prominence in the 1950s.
Texan adventurer and oil magnate Tom Slick photographed the items during one of his early missions to find the Yeti in 1957.
Two years later, one of Slick's team returned to the Pangboche monastery.
He reportedly drank Scotch with a monk until the local passed out, before stealing bone fragments from the hand. He then supposedly replaced the bones with those from a human hand, before rewrapping the Pangboche hand to disguise his theft.
The stolen fragments were allegedly smuggled back to America by a Hollywood star.
Then in 1999, the skull and what remained of the skeletal hand were stolen from the monastery.
Allsop, who scaled Mt Everest in 2007, was intrigued when he learned of the artefacts and determined to reclaim them for the monastery.
"These were very treasured artefacts," he said. "There was a huge outrage when they were stolen.
"The monks initially wouldn't show them to anyone, then slowly they showed them... unfortunately they showed them to one person too many."
Asked whether he believed in the existence of the Abominable Snowman, Allsop said: "A big part of me says, `Yes, the Yeti does exist'. Then the logical side goes, `Maybe it is a breed of bear or other type of animal which is yet to be discovered'.
"Then again, 100 years ago the panda was a mythological animal that hid in bamboo and killed people. I don't have any strong feelings. I just like the mystery of it."
During his several visits to the Everest region, he had heard "heaps of stories, third-hand" about the Yeti. One Himalayan map he had included a landmark highlighted with the phrase: "Yeti kills three yaks and attacks sherpa woman".
"There is also a sherpa who I have met a couple of times and he has three huge scars down the side of his face.
"Some people say he was attacked by a Yeti, other people say it was a bear.
"Privately, a lot of sherpas believe in the Yeti."
More information on Allsop's mission can be found on his website:
http://www.returnthehand.com/
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