Although the naturalist isn’t “necessarily” sure he believes in its

existence, hunting down the Yeti is still on his to-do list.

“I mean I wouldn’t mind finding the Abominable Snowman for a start,” he

said.

“There is still a mystery about the Abominable Snowman. There are teeth

that were found back in the 1920s, huge molar teeth about six times the

size of ours, immense things, they were found in a Chinese druggists store

and undoubtedly are the teeth of a giant ape that must have lived

relatively recently itself and that could have been the Abominable

Snowman.”

The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is rumoured to live in the Himalayan region

of Nepal and Tibet. Stories of the creature first emerged in the 19th

Century, but scientists have written of the mammal as a myth in the

absence of sufficient evidence.

However, Attenborough says the mystery surrounding the Yeti is exactly

what draws him to finding the creature.

“I don’t say I necessarily believe in it, I’m saying that there is

evidence and of course one of the very difficult things ever to do is

prove a negative, to prove that it doesn’t exist,” he said at the launch

of UKTV’s new season of programmes. Source.

There is still one mysterious beast [David Attenborough] is keen to find.

Attenborough, brother of revered actor Richard Attenborough, who died last

month (Aug14), says, “I wouldn’t mind finding the Abominable Snowman. I

don’t say I necessarily believe in it. I’m saying that there is evidence.

A set of huge teeth from a giant ape were found in the 1920s.”

The Yeti is believed to be a massive ape-like creature inhabiting the

Himalayan mountains in Nepal. Source.

David Attenborough believes that

the Yeti – or Abominable Snowman – may be real.

The world-renowned naturalist and broadcaster says he thinks the creature

of Himalayan legend – which has a North American cousin known as Bigfoot

or Sasquatch – could be much more than a myth.

“I believe the Abominable Snowman may be real. I think there may be

something in that,” said Attenborough, speaking today at a showcase of

upcoming programmes on UKTV.

“There are footprints that stretch for hundreds of miles and we know that

in the 1930’s a German fossil was found with these huge molars that were

four or five times the size of human molars.

“They had to be the molars of a large ape, one that was huge, about 10 or

12 feet tall. It was immense. And it is not impossible that it might

exist. If you have walked the Himalayas

there are these immense rhododrendron forests that go on for hundreds of

square miles which could hold the Yeti.”

Attenborough, who was addressing an audience at the Saatchi Gallery to

promote a second series of Natural Curiosities on the Eden channel,

explained why the existence of the beast had not been proven up until now:

“If there are some still alive and you walked near their habitat you can

bet that these creatures may be aware of you, but you wouldn’t be aware of

them.”

Source.

Sir David Attenborough believes there is ‘very convincing’ evidence that

yetis exist.

Speaking on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, the revered wildlife expert

said: ‘I’m baffled by the Abominable Snowman – very convincing footprints

have been found at 19,000ft.

‘No-one does that for a joke. I think it’s unanswered.’

The yeti is an ape-like creature said to inhabit the Himalayan region of

Nepal and Tibet.

A photograph of a mysterious footprint, rumoured to be that of the yeti

was taken in the Menlung Basin in the Himalayas in 1951.

A team of mountaineers travelled to the region on a reconnaissance mission

before attempting to conquer Everest for the first time, a feat achieved

two years later.

Eric Shipton recorded the footprint, and Tom Bourdillon, passing on the

evidence to his friend Michael Davies, wrote: ‘Dear Mick, Here are the

footprint photos: sorry for the delay. We came across them on a high pass

on the Nepal-Tibet watershed during the 1951 Everest expedition.

‘They seemed to have come over a secondary pass at about 19,500 ft, down

to 19,000 ft where we first saw them, and then went on down the glacier.’

In 1954, the Daily Mail reported the discovery of hair specimens from what

was said to be the scalp of a yeti….

Alleged sightings and debate has continued through the decades – but so

far no-one has been able to produce a clear, definitive photograph of the

world’s most elusive being.

Tibetan folklore has it that the yeti is nocturnal, whistles, and can kill

with a single punch.

Investigators believe that at least two types of yeti exist: the Dzu-teh

(‘big thing’), which is 7ft-8ft tall, and the Met-teh, which is 5ft-6ft. Source.