CH A PTER ONE MAN BEAST OF THE FROZEN HEIGHTS tories about unusual animals were commonplace in earlier times Such animals are called legendary because they exist only in these stories or legends The stories were often based on travelers reports of ani mals that were unfamiliar to them Some famous legend ary animals include the dragon various sea serpents the unicorn and the phoenix Other legendary creatures resemble humans yet are not quite human Even today some people speak of hav ing seen these half human half animal creatures includ ing the yeti better known as the Abominable Snowman APPEARANCE The word abominable means hateful or strongly unpleas ant That term is applied to the yeti mainly because it 6
MAN BEAST OF THE FROZEN HEIGHTS is said to look very fierce and scary The creature is cov ered from head to toe in long messy fur Some people think that the creature is called a snow man because its fur is white However that assumption seems to be false People who claim to have seen it say that the fur is actually a red dish brown color So the yeti is called a snowman not because of its color but rather because of the weather conditions where it is believed to live Various stories have Drawing of a yeti With a human chest and given different measure body hair all over this image shows why yetis are called man beasts ments for how big and tall the Abominable Snowman is Everyone seems to agree however that the creature is at least six feet about two meters tall Some stories claim that it is two to four feet about a half meter to a little over a meter taller than that People who say they have seen the Abominable Snowman are able to guess at its height because appar ently the creature walks on two legs like a human Yet
INVESTIGATING THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN AND OTHER LEGENDARY BEASTS some accounts discuss how sometimes it gets down on all fours meaning it uses its arms as legs when running or moving quickly Still other stories note that the crea ture places the knuckles of its hands on the ground so that it moves sort of like an ape or gorilla COUSIN OF THE WOODS Bigfoot or Sasquatch is supposed to be a lot like a yeti The creature is thought by some to live in the north western United States and western Canada Bigfoot has been described as being anywhere from 6 to 15 feet 2 to 4 5 meters tall stand ing up and walking on two feet Some people say it lets out a cry while others say it doesn't make a sound Bigfoot is supposed to smell bad as well Despite many claims of sightings of mysterious footprints or of This is the well known freeze frame the beast itself most sci of the famous Patterson Gimlin film from 1967 which supposedly captured entists do not believe that a Bigfoot in midstride in the bills next Bigfoot exists to Bluff Creek in the wilderness near Orleans in Northern
MAN BEAST OF THE FROZEN HEIGHTS LOCATION The Abominable Snowman is said to roam the Hima layan slopes of Kanchenjunga the world's third highest mountain The mountain is in the Indian state of Sikkim located in the northeastern part of the country along the border with Nepal Some two thirds of the state consists of mountains that are snow covered year round The area has long been considered sacred which means holy Buddhist monasteries have been built at the The snowy peak of Mt Kanchenjunga right the alleged Himalayan home of the Abominable Snowman 9
