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From The
California Native Newsletter:
We’ve Yet to Meet a Yeti
By Lee Klein
“AAARRGH! The yeti, “Abominable Snowman,” or mirgu, as it’s
called in Bhutan, has been a legend throughout the Himalayas for
centuries. They are even depicted in ancient Tibetan and Bhutanese
manuscripts...Read
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 Forensic
Expert Says Bigfoot Is Real
Stefan Lovgren
for National Geographic News
October 23, 2003
Bhutanese have known this ever since settling in the high Himalayas. Some have
been known to talk to them, not that Yetis ever talk
back, and some claim to even have been abducted by love-lorn yetis. news.nationalgeographic.com
 Kanchenjunga
Closed!
July 7, 2000
Climbing to the world's third highest
mountain appears to have been banned in Sikkim following a revolt by local
Buddhists, who are incensed by what they regard as the desecration of the
mountain by godless foreigners.
Kanchenjunga, which straddles the border
between India and Nepal, is viewed by the Sikkimese as both a god and the
abode of gods. The legendary yeti, called Nee-gued in Sikkim, is believed
to roam its slopes.
(LINK NO LONGER AVAILABLE)
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more of this article on National Geographic
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 YETI ("MIRGU" in Bhutan)
People are amazed when they hear that Washington State in the
USA has laws against hunting the Sasquatch with guns but, If you really want to
protect a Yeti or Bigfoot you can't beat Bhutan.
Sakten Wildlife Sanctuary
was set up as the exclusive habitat of the Mirgo.
This 650 sq km (253 sq mi) sanctuary, in eastern Bhutan, is unique as the only reserve in the world created specifically to
protect the habitat of the yeti, known in Bhutan as the migoi
(strong man). The migoi differs from yetis found (or not) in other Himalayan
regions. Its body is covered in hair that may be anything from reddish-brown to
black, but it's face is hairless. It smells pretty bad apparently and has the
power to become invisible, which explains why so few people have seen it.
Another feature which helps the elusive, hairy fella escape detection is that
many have their feet backwards confusing possible trackers.
The village, or goemba, of Sakten is the place you need to be
to jump into the wilderness of the Wildlife Sanctuary. Head to Trashigang, and
then drive the extra 60km (37mi) to the border of eastern Bhutan, a total
distance from Thimpu of 660km (211mi) which in Bhutan is a two day drive.
(excerpt
from Lonely Planet)
The Abominable Snowman
The people of Bhutan believe to this day in the
existence of the Snowman. Numerous yak-herders have
claimed either to have seen the animal or to have
discovered its tracks crossing high snow-bound mountain
passes. Fewer Snowmen, however, have been seen by the
present generation, due perhaps to the fact that these
rare beasts are on the verge of becoming extinct. Snowmen
are pictured in old Tibetan and Bhutanese scrolls,
manuscripts and murals. Accompanying these drawings are
lengthy descriptions of the elusive creature; its habits,
appearance, and accounts of its attacks on humans and
Yaks.
According to these accounts there are
three distinct types of Snowmen: a large fairly docile
one; a savage carnivorous beast about five feet tall
long-haired, ape-like and of muscular build; and a
"little man" shy and shaggy. The Snowman that
has won popular recognition as the Yeti is the savage
ape-man that leaves its footprints high above the snow
line, at altitudes ranging from 15,000 to 25,000 feet.
Characteristics common to all the varieties of Snowmen
are a strong pungent odor and a high whistling call.
Growing interest in the "Abominable Snowman" of the Himalayas has
resulted in several expeditions aimed at capturing or
photographing it. None of these expeditions have been
successful, though they have examined and sifted a great
deal of fact and fiction concerning the legend. Nothing
has, in any way, shaken the belief in the existence of
the Snowman by Himalayan people. In the West too, many
scientists continue believe in the existence of a rare
Himalayan animal not unlike the mountain gorilla of
Africa. Reflecting the beliefs of the Bhutanese, and
based on ancient drawings and paintings, the Post and
Telegraph department have issued the commemorative
Snowmen postage stamps in five designs over fifteen
denominations.
Other Yeti accounts:
 Big
Foot Encounters
With famous videos and the Yeti "Snowwalker"
footage.
http://www.n2.net/prey/bigfoot/
(Snowwalker is at the bottom of the video list.)
Could the Yeti really be a "Yeren" (Gigantopithecus)?
http://www.cryptozoology.com/cryptids/yeti.php
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/y/yeti.html
Mirgo's American cousin, the Sasquatch
 Fact
or Fantasy?
Everything
you've ever wanted to know about Bigfoot. Very scholarly work with
internet videos too.
http://www.rfthomas.clara.net/bf_video.html
A serious Bigfoot research site.
http://www.bfro.net/
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