The Shipton photo footprint. It is the most studied foot in history outside of the Neanderthal foot. The foot exists in only two clear photos which Eric Shipton took on the Menlung Glacier in 1951. It is 12 inches long and 6 inches wide.

Despite attempts to debunk the Shipton Print, no explanation can be offered except the Yeti, which had. a long history in the Himalayas, and was first mention in an 1832 article On the Mamilia of Nepal by B.H. Hodgson, British Resident of the Court of Nepal.

Shipton was also seldom quoted on exactly how they found it. In his Menlung La, he said the prints were in an inch of snow, as clear as if made in wax.

A Russian scientist Vladamir Tscherneszky made an exact copy from the picture, impressing it into snow to make an identical print. He concluded that the foot indicated true Pithecanthropus, or ape-man. The print and accompanying models appeared in many books in the 1950s, including those by Ralph Izzard of the Daily Mail who organized the most outfitted scientific expedition in 1954. The expedition’s zoologist, Charles Stonor, would also write an admirable book, The Sherpa and the Snowman.

Their sober books, revealing their alarming discoveries would be lost in the hype of the “Bigfoot” craze that was soon to come. The far-distant Himalayas were forsaken for the forests of California, because of a big footprint.

The Yeti foot was so popular it was on the cover of books and in newspapers. Yet Roe would describe an entirely different foot for the Sasquatch. Also, the Indians were always struck by its degenerate humanity, and said it was a man.  

The Yeti. Unlike the British Columbia Indians, the Sherpas always insisted this was an animal. It is between 5 to 6 feet tall and has a conical head with a crest. It stoops. It is cinnamon in color, with hair length varying. It howls, mews, and growls. It often walks on hind legs, but when in a hurry goes down on all fours. Females have never been seen. It is mean. 

The Sasquatch is clearly a different creature. The Yeti foot strikes one as ape-like, with a slightly offset toe. Old newspaper articles in America, plus Roe’s own description, speak of a narrow heel and long foot.

The Yeti’s foot is more paw-like. This type of foot was described in America in the 19th century on 2 occasions, once to Teddy Roosevelt. It is possible some Yeti’s existed in America. The Indians of British Columbia always insisted there were two “tribes” of “Susquatch men,” always at war and in that way they were less of a nuisance to man. 

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