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Siberia find revives yeti legends
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3175926.stm ^

Posted on 10/09/2003 9:18:45 AM PDT by evets

Siberian scientists say they have a discovery on their hands which raises the possibility that the local legend of the yeti - the abominable snowman - is more than mere fiction. According to Russian TV, the well-preserved furry limb of a mystery creature was found some 3,500 metres up in the permafrost of the Altay mountains, in Russia's remote Siberia region.

"I turned the limb over and examined the sole of the foot, and I thought it looked unsual," Sergey Semenov, the mountain-climber who made the find, said.

"So I decided to bring it back with me."

Scientific tests and X-rays show that the bones are several thousand years old, but attempts to identify the creature they belonged to remain inconclusive.

It looks very human, there are many similarities Yuriy Malofeyev, the Russian association of veterinary anatomists Local opinion on the find, described as "surprisingly well-preserved", is divided.

There is a long tradition of alleged sightings in the area of what might - or might not - be the abominable snowman.

Size 36

Local people say the creature must have walked on snow, because the sole of the foot is furry.

They have already labelled the discovery as the foot of the yeti.

But veterinary scientists and academics at the local animal research institute and agragrian university tend towards a more rational explanation.

"It looks very human," Yuriy Malofeyev, vice-president of the Russian association of veterinary anatomists, told the TV after examining the X-rays.

"There are many similarities," he said.

That view appears to be supported by the fact that the length of the foot is about 24 centimetre - normal for a human being.

"A size 36 shoe would fit him just fine," the TV concluded.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: abominablesnowman; cryptobiology; cryptozoology; discovery; godsgravesglyphs; legends; sasquatch; siberia; yeti

1 posted on 10/09/2003 9:18:45 AM PDT by evets
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2 posted on 10/09/2003 9:19:13 AM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: mhking
just damn.
3 posted on 10/09/2003 9:20:40 AM PDT by King Prout (...he took a face from the ancient gallery, then he... walked on down the hall....)
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To: evets
"'It looks very human,' Yuriy Malofeyev, vice-president of the Russian association of veterinary anatomists, told the TV after examining the X-rays."

Huh?
4 posted on 10/09/2003 9:21:07 AM PDT by NYFriend
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To: evets
Now that the Yeti has only one leg, perhaps it won't be so elusive!
5 posted on 10/09/2003 9:22:59 AM PDT by Zavien Doombringer (Loose slips link hips...)
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To: evets
Looks like a polar bear foot.
6 posted on 10/09/2003 9:23:20 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: evets

I found his mittens last time I was there.

7 posted on 10/09/2003 9:25:19 AM PDT by struwwelpeter
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To: evets

Um...It's not the remains of a 'man', more of a hybrid type of creature
8 posted on 10/09/2003 9:26:12 AM PDT by keithtoo (Tax Cuts - A robber who doesn't steal from you isn't GIVING you a VCR!!)
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To: Zavien Doombringer
Now that the Yeti has only one leg, perhaps it won't be so elusive!

LOL! Just follow the blood trail, right?

9 posted on 10/09/2003 9:33:18 AM PDT by leadpencil1 (Kill your television)
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To: evets
Of course the Yeti are real.

Where did you think they got Chew Baca"?

10 posted on 10/09/2003 10:14:22 AM PDT by capt. norm (You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.)
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To: evets
These photos are very unclear. I seem to count SIX claws on the poorly cropped picture of the paw/foot. The X-rays both exclude the tips of the toes. I'm thinking bear...
11 posted on 10/09/2003 4:47:35 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Tag line extermination service, no tagline too long or too short. Low prices. Freepmail me for quote)
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To: evets
Looks like the hind foot of a polar bear.
12 posted on 10/09/2003 5:45:51 PM PDT by Chewbacca (Nothing burps better than bacon!)
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Note: this topic was posted 10/9/2003. Thanks evets.

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