Yeti · खुम्बु हिमनदी, कोशी प्रदेश · 1951
XX-1951ID case-975c219d54Added to map Oct 8, 2026
- Creature
- Yeti
- When
- 1951to the year
- Where
- खुम्बु हिमनदी, कोशी प्रदेशto approximate level
- Reports
- 1 document1 independent
The account
Explorer Eric Shipton found a long trail of tracks in the Menlung Glacier area south of Everest, which were photographed and appeared fresh.
See the source ↓ one document so far, so there is no trail to follow yet
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Details
- Creature
- Yeti
- Where
- खुम्बु हिमनदी, Khumbupasanglahmu-04, खुम्बु पासाङल्हामु गाउँपालिका, सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला, कोशी प्रदेश, नेपाल
mapped to approximate level · from the report's own words, generalized to a larger area - When
- 1951
- Account
- Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
- Backed by
- 1 independent source
- Added to map
- Oct 8, 2026
- Case id
- case-975c219d54
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Source trail (1)
Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.
- Image 11 of Milford chronicle (Milford, Del.), November 18, 1960
Newspaper · 1960-11-18
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
Further reading
- Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life, Ivan T. Sanderson (1961)
Early comparative study of wild-man reports worldwide.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Tom Slick and the Search for the Yeti, Loren Coleman (1989)
Borrow on Internet Archive - On the Track of Unknown Animals, Bernard Heuvelmans (1959)
The founding work of cryptozoology.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Cryptozoology A to Z, Loren Coleman and Jerome Clark (1999)
Encyclopedia of reported creatures.
Borrow on Internet Archive
Books we have not reproduced: borrow them free at archive.org. Listing a book is not an endorsement of its claims.