Posted on 02/28/2013 9:42:19 AM PST by DogByte6RER
1959 memo lists government regulations for Yeti hunting. Really.
If you're planning to hit the Himalayas in search of an Abominable Snowman, you better be ready to do things by the book.
At least, that'd be the case if you were conducting your search in 1959. These days, if you head out in search of a Yeti, you'll probably get a lot of giggles and funny looks, but back in 1959, the American Embassy in Kathmandu was taking such expeditions seriously. In a memo issued on Nov. 30 of that year, the embassy listed three specific regulations for Yeti searches in the region, in addition to the 15 regulations already on the books for "Mountaineering and Scientific Expeditions in Nepal." The three regulations, which seem to be laid out with the utmost seriousness, are as follows.
1. Royalty of Rs. 5000/- Indian Currency will have to be paid to His Majesty's Government of Nepal for a permit to carry out an expedition in search of 'Yeti'.
2. In case 'Yeti' is traced it can be photographed or caught alive but it must not be killed or shot at except in an emergency arising out of self defence. All photographs taken of the animal, the creature itself if captured alive or dead, must be surrended to the Government of Nepal at the earliest time.
3. News and reports throwing light on the actual existence of the creature must be submitted to the Government of Nepal as soon as they are available and must not in any way be given out to the Press or Reporters for publicity without the permission of the Government of Nepal.
So basically, if the Yeti is out there, it belongs to Nepal, and any cryptozoologist who happens to stumble upon it has to give Nepal its due. Note that all instances of the word Yeti are framed by quotes, which suggests the U.S. government isn't exactly expecting these regulations to ever be used, but the 1950s were filled with tales of people either claiming to have seen or searching in earnest for a Yeti, so someone at the embassy decided a little bureaucracy was in order, just in case any of those people turned out to be right.
Check out the full memo below.
Well ... if there is any truth to this picture, T.R. established rules for Sasquatch hunting some 50 years earlier.
More references ...
The American Government’s Advice for Yeti Hunters, 1959
Read the US government’s rules for Yeti hunting from 1959
http://io9.com/5987216/read-the-us-governments-rules-for-yeti-hunting-from-1959
"Been there ... done that."
Whew!!
Fortunately, the US government was being pro-active by wasting taxpayer money to develop these regulations.
It would be terrible if Americans killed a Yeti in violation of these regulations! Imagine the political theater in Washington as the Obama Administration pushed for additional gun control legislation to prevent tragedies like this from recurring.
I can see it now - Obama addressing a crowd of sympathetic supporters, with Yeti families standing behind him on the stage!!!
Pelosi, (Notso)Feinstein and Boxer would all bloody themselves trying to beat each other to a reporter to talk about their Anti-Yeti Hunting Gun Control Bill.
And, the DBM, failing to see what fools they are, would be all over the networks crying about those poor Yeti families just trying to find a safe place to live and work being constantly harrassed by evil, violent, American Yeti hunters!
Sometimes Yeti are armed and shoot back!!!!!
I know this is Chewie!
We were trekking through the Himmalyahs when one of my porters, I think it was Scoobydo, ran away yelling “Yeti! Yeti!”
Sure enough, there the blighter was standing in the middle of the trail. Fortunately, I had read the warnings and had a can of pepper spray. I gave the bounder a stiff shot. I think it was Jim Beam. Turns out Yetis are just a bunch of booze beggars. He let us pass after I gave him a can of Coke for a mixer. We used the pepper spray to season the roast Yak.
Texas oil man Tom Slick prolly was the intended target.
Texas oil man Tom Slick prolly was the intended target.
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