What Do We Know About the Yeti? [Hardcover]

The What Do We Know About? series explores the mysterious, the unknown, and the unexplained. Does the ape-like Yeti really roam the Himalayan mountain range?

Not quite human and not quite an animal, the Yeti has been the subject of speculation for centuries. In modern times, the Yeti has become a popular cryptid, appearing in movies, books, and TV shows. Although there are many claimed sightings of the Yeti, there is no real evidence that it exists. This elusive cryptid, also known as the Abominable Snowman, remains a mystery. Does the Yeti truly live in the snowy Himalayas? Have the Sherpa who live there spotted him at the highest altitudes? Here are the facts about what we really know about Yeti sightings, research, and lore.Ben Hubbard is an accomplished nonfiction author for children and adults with more than 130 titles to his name. He has written about many subjects, from space, the samurai, and sharks to poison, pets, and the Plantagenets. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in libraries around the worldWhat Do We Know About the Yeti?
 
At around 4 a.m. on September 22, 1921, explorers found mysterious footprints near the world’s highest mountain. By the light of a bright moon, the tracks were large, and led up a snowy pass ahead. The team was high in the Himalayan mountains, close to 21,000 feet above sea level. Few animals were known to live at this altitude (height)—especially ones with such big feet!
The climbers wondered if the tracks had been made by a gray wolf.

The explorers were part of a British expedition to find a way up Mount Everest. At 29,032 feet above sea level, Mount Everest has the highest peak on Earth. It is a dangerous place. The mountain is made up of dizzying slopes of rock and ice, where temperatures can drop to minus seventy-six degrees and winds gust at over 10l“.