By: Javier Ortega
In this combination picture from Yeti Project Japan, what is alleged to be the footprint of a yeti (left) is measured on the Dhaulagiri mountain northwest of Pokhara and compared to a human footprint (right).
A TEAM of Japanese adventurers say they have discovered footprints made by the legendary yeti, which is said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal.
“The footprints were about 20cm long and looked like a human’s,” Yoshiteru Takahashi, the leader of the Yeti Project Japan, said.
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 7661m 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...
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