February 15, 2008
In 1951, British explorer Eric Shipton took this photograph of one of a trail of footprints undoubtedly made by a Himalayan yeti. Sherpas traveling with his group confirmed that the footprints had been made by a yeti, and that they’d seen the creatures in the area before, sometimes from as close as 25 yards. Shipton later wrote: What really made my flesh creep… was that where we had to jump crevasses you could see clearly where the creature had dug its toes in. It’s only a matter of time before the yeti come out of hiding, to get some bbq ribs or pork links, and live alongside us… 

In 1951, British explorer Eric Shipton took this photograph of one of a trail of footprints undoubtedly made by a Himalayan yeti.

Sherpas traveling with his group confirmed that the footprints had been made by a yeti, and that they’d seen the creatures in the area before, sometimes from as close as 25 yards. Shipton later wrote:

What really made my flesh creep… was that where we had to jump crevasses you could see clearly where the creature had dug its toes in.

It’s only a matter of time before the yeti come out of hiding, to get some bbq ribs or pork links, and live alongside us… 

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