The Indian army claimed via Twitter to have seen footprints belonging to the “Yeti,” the “elusive snowman” of Nepalese folklore, sparking ridicule on social media.
“For the first time, an #IndianArmy Moutaineering Expedition Team has sited Mysterious Footprints of mythical beast ‘Yeti’ measuring 32×15 inches close to Makalu Base Camp on 09 April 2019,” the army’s official account tweeted. “This elusive snowman has only been sighted at Makalu-Barun National Park in the past.”
Images published on the army’s social media page show deep-set footprints at the army’s Makalu Base Camp, deep in the Himalayas. The post, sent to the Indian army’s 5.98 million followers, had been shared more than 6,000 times as of early Tuesday.
The “Yeti,” aka “Abominable Snowman,” is often depicted in popular culture as a large, ape-like creature, not unlike how the creature is portrayed in the 1964 Christmas classic “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
Ulrike H
Amazing to read some of the comments of ridicule they are receiving.
Charles R
I am pretty sure no yeti has a 32 x 15 inch track, however a snowshoe would. However this track seems to have no straddle and that would be difficult to pull off and it seems a pretty good distance between tracks. More pictures and analysis may show the reason for this.
Nate Hallinan
That’s a good point about a possibility of snowshoes with it being so big, however would snowshoes have an arch and/or toes. These prints seem to have those and the snowshoes I have experience with don’t have those features.
Janetta V
You are pretty sure? Did you say, pretty sure? I can’t quit laughing. As though you were there. All of these men must have got it wrong, or are not very bright.
Pete M
The most telling thing about these tracks is the single file line pattern as opposed to staggered steps. That and the distance between steps. Even if it was snowshoes, how could they fake the characteristics of the gait, both pattern and distance? It’s much easier to ridicule them but that alone doesn’t mean they’re wrong.
LaVonne J
Do they mean 15 inch prints with a 32 inch stride? That would be believable.
Mark R
Maybe they mean centimeters. 32 cm = 12.59″ 15 cm = 5.9″ They use the metric system in India.
Derek G
That is very possible for it to be metric. 32 inch long tracks seem quite large. If they are really saying 32 inch tracks there are some explanations. 1st- tracks do sometimes melt and get bigger even with sunlight in cold regions. 2nd- If you consider that Sasquatch vary in size depending on what region they are from much like a polar bear being the largest bear in the world because of the environment it survives in. Some have even claimed seeing 12 footers(Sasquatch)…. That is an enormous creature if some 9 to 10 footers have been known to have 20 inch foot prints or larger then how massive might a 12 or 13 or even 14 foot yeti print be or could be? Also if animals adapt to their environment and these things live and survive in deep snow maybe their feet have adapted for that purpose. Who knows… I would not rule out that possibility considering we don’t rule out the fact that their are actual creatures we know as Sasquatch roaming our forests at a height of 10, 11, 12 feet. That is almost too big to imagine. Enormous creature. Next time you drive under a bridge with a maximum height warning of 13 or 14 feet imagine a 12 foot creature standing there with a shoulder width of 5 feet or more, huge tree trunk like legs….. 32 inches seems crazy but….. Who knows…
Jon W
Derek,
thanks for the bridge height comparison. That really gives perspective. If a 12footer was under a 14’ foot bridge while someone was passing over, it could probably reach that person!
Add that to your list of Squatch anxieties.
Diana M
I would think that this group of individuals has enough experience to not be fooled by some hoaxer. Also they would have enough experience to correctly identify any known or suspected common cause of the prints. That they went out and identified these prints as belonging to a Yeti in such a public manner, leaving themselves open to what they had to realize would be ridicule, says a lot in my opinion.
George Z
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Elaine L
This picture brought back some long ago memories! I and two friends saw the exact same footprints …huge and the same footstep configuration (one step in front of the other not side by side) on a tidal mudflat (low tide) in 1974 on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. There were many things we saw together and alone as young kids/teenagers at that time as there was little to nothing to do in our small town/village at that time. We spent a lot of time at the beaches, walking the shorelines, star gazing and being outside in general.
John P
i wish our American army would do this……. IMAGINE lol!
Janetta V
I think they kind of did, in Kandahar.
Bal G
The Indian Army does not lie! The Pakistani Army lies! Got it? Get it? Good. LOL. This may well be a propaganda stunt by the Indian side to one up the paki side. The hatred between the two sides is not well known in America, but it is very very real. Pakistan is probably trying their darnest to discredit and humiliate the Indian side. To me the evidence looks questionable, but who knows? Why would Indian soldiers make this up? Honestly, I don’t think they have anything to gain except scorn and ridicule. I tend to believe them.