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Yeti reports from the 1950s

21 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.

We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.

  1. Yeti · Pamir Mountains · 1957

    Pamir Mountains1 independent source

    Soviet scientist A. O. Pronin reports seeing a manlike, reddish-gray woolly creature walking on two feet in the Pamir Mountains.

  2. Yeti · Nepal · 1958

    Nepal1 independent source

    Witnesses report hearing heavy footsteps crashing away behind a cliff edge and finding faint footprints the next morning that they believe belonged to a Snowman.

  3. Yeti · Washington, District of Columbia · 1958

    Washington, District of Columbia1 independent source

    The narrator reports that Norman Dyrhenfurth has made a movie of their hunt and states they will decide whether to continue the quest for the Yeti.

  4. Yeti · खुम्बु हिमनदी, कोशी प्रदेश · 1955

    खुम्बु हिमनदी, कोशी प्रदेश1 independent source

    A British Royal Air Force expedition found tracks in the same area as Shipton's, noting they sank four inches deep into frozen snow.

  5. Yeti · 珠穆朗玛峰 ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ། सगरमाथा, कोशी प्रदेश · 1957

    珠穆朗玛峰 ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ། सगरमाथा, कोशी प्रदेश1 independent source

    Tom Slick's expedition in 1957 brought back hair believed to be from the Yeti and other evidence.

  6. Yeti · खुम्बु हिमनदी, कोशी प्रदेश · 1951

    खुम्बु हिमनदी, कोशी प्रदेश1 independent source

    Explorer Eric Shipton found a long trail of tracks in the Menlung Glacier area south of Everest, which were photographed and appeared fresh.

  7. Yeti · Himalayas · 1958

    Himalayas1 independent source

    The author's expedition is tracking reports of new snowman sightings in the Iswa Valley.

  8. Yeti · 喜马拉雅山脉, कोशी प्रदेश · 1958

    喜马拉雅山脉, कोशी प्रदेश1 independent source

    A British expedition searched the Himalayan valleys years ago and believed the legends were based on reality.

  9. Yeti · 喜马拉雅山脉, कोशी प्रदेश · 1958

    喜马拉雅山脉, कोशी प्रदेश1 independent source

    A large Yeti was heard in camp and tracked in the Barun Valley, with tracks seen on several occasions in the Chhoyang.

  10. Yeti · Pamir Mountains · 1957

    Pamir Mountains1 independent source

    A Soviet expedition is reported to be seeking the abominable snowman in the Pamir Mountains, building on previous reports of sightings and footprints in the Himalayas.

  11. Yeti · Altai Mountains · 1957

    Altai Mountains1 independent source

    A Russian scientist claimed to have seen a large Yeti in the mountains of Soviet Central Asia.

  12. Yeti · California · 1954

    California1 independent source

    A California group reported finding new tracks of a supposed Abominable Snowman but had not seen the creature itself.

  13. Yeti · Washington, District of Columbia · 1958

    Washington, District of Columbia1 independent source

    An Italian mountaineer and a porter saw what they assumed was a native digging with a stick, which then ran up a steep slope.

  14. Yeti · Himalayas · 1955

    Himalayas1 independent source

    An expedition sponsored by the London Daily Mall to find a mysterious creature in the Himalayas failed to see it but found footprints and convinced themselves of its existence.

  15. Yeti · 1951

    location unknown1 independent source

    Eric Shipton and [name] encountered strange tracks on the Menlung Glacier and Shipton took photos of one track.

  16. Yeti · Nepal · 1958

    Nepal1 independent source

    A herdsman lost his way and saw a creature eating a pika and wailing like a puppy before he crept away.

  17. Yeti · Памир, Вилояти Мухтори Кӯҳистони Бадахшон · 1957

    Памир, Вилояти Мухтори Кӯҳистони Бадахшон1 independent source

    Witness reports that Soviet Scientist A. C. Promin watched a stocky creature with long arms and grayish-brown hair for 6 minutes.

  18. Yeti · Nepal · 1957

    Nepal1 independent source

    Witness reports that a 6-year-old boy and his 15-year-old sister saw a large, upright ape-man near a lake while tending yaks.

  19. Yeti · 喜马拉雅山脉, कोशी प्रदेश · 1957

    喜马拉雅山脉, कोशी प्रदेश1 independent source

    Thomas B. Slick reports that he photographed three sets of footprints and collected hair samples during an exploration in the Himalayas, claiming they belong to a Yeti.

  20. Yeti · 1951

    location unknown1 independent source

    British mountaineer Eric Shipton photographed yeti footprints during a reconnaissance trek in the Rolwaling Himal.

  21. Yeti · 1954

    location unknown1 independent source

    A British expedition in 1954 claimed to have found massive five-toed footprints leading up a steep ridge with no return tracks.