Jun 21

Bob Gymlan: The Shipton Yeti Prints

Bob writes “This video is about some unusual tracks photographed and documented by mountaineer and explorer Eric Shipton in 1951 on his quest to reach the yet untouched summit of Mount Everest. Critics say they are simply tracks left behind by a common animal that have been dramatically taken out of proportion. But Shipton wasn’t so certain. And his Sherpa guides certainly had their own opinions.

This video contains some classic cryptid lore, as well as some good old fashioned drama from two of the most prolific mountaineers of the last century. What could be better?

The fact remains that these tracks have never been understood, and I certainly think they’re worth some scrutiny. Are they some of the best evidence to date? Or are they rabbit tracks?”

6 Responses to “Bob Gymlan: The Shipton Yeti Prints”

    • Heidi E

      Cool video. I like how they go through each animal comparison and it doesn’t resemble any of them. The second long toe actually reminds me of my own, but my foot is nowhere near as wide. It does resemble an ape in transition, stuck in an evolutionary process of some sort. Very cool!

  1. Vinnie G

    I’ve never bought the “Himalayan Bear”hypothesis from the main stream naysayers on the Shipton tracks.

    Similar to Brian Sykes BS DNA study that said the yeti is “ancient species of polar bear”, absolute rubbish!

    I’ve worked in biomedical research for three decades, I’ve done all types of genetic research, from PCR to microinjectionm & creation of novel genetic lines, his science & his conclusion are absolute nonsense.

    • Charles R

      I would disagree with you Vinnie G about the Himalayan Bear in that their could be both. Popular theory is that during the last ice age polar bears migrated south and at the end of the ice age got trapped in the Himalayas. Somewhere along the way they mated with Brown bears to form a different bear. And this has happened in North America from a bear that was shot in Canada by Jim Martell of Idaho, some years ago in which the hunter got in extreme trouble with Canadian authorities.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly%E2%80%93polar_bear_hybrid

      The locals of this region will acknowledge that their is a real bear and also their is a Yeti type that walks on two legs. In Sykes study and DNA I believe he found 3 different samples from different regions of the Himalaya that all had the polar bear brown bear genes.

      As far a Shipton Bob Gymlan did the best report of any I have seen in my lifetime. However I see a distinct trackway that pretty much goes in a straight line with the exception of deviation to avoid stepping on large rocks. However this could be just the way it is photographed. For the single track with the ice pick beside it I see 5 toes with the pinky toe very close or overlapping the 4th toe. Janice Carter Coy who has seen more tracks than anyone else I know of said that the pinky toe will often overlap or cross over onto the 4th toe giving the impression of only 4 toes.

      Why would a Yeti be at 19k elevation when there is no food to be found? Perhaps it was just following or surveilling this expedition which at that time in history was not near what happens these days in the Spring of the year with thousands of people descending on Everest. Maybe like the Sasquatch it new it could raid the expeditions food stores at night. The locals and Sherpas know what is out their.

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