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Date: 1958
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The Dyrenfurth Yeti Evidence
The Legend:
In 1958, Dr. Norman Dyrenfurth, an American scientist in Katmandu, Nepal, announced he had evidence showing that the "yeti" of the Himalayas (a legendary race of wildmen) is a "very low grade of human or near human creatures." [Quote from Stranger than Science.]
Dr. Dyrenfurth claimed to have explored caves that the beasts' had inhabited and to have culled a variety of physical evidence from these environments, most notably hair samples (silver-gray and reddish-brown), plaster casts of footprints, and food scraps. He stated his findings indicated the possibility of two different species of yeti, one maturing at a height of eight feet tall, and the other at a mere four feet tall.
Sources:
- Stranger Than Science, Frank Edwards, 1959 Lyle Stuart, Inc.
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