Abominable Snowman

Ivan T. Sanderson: Great, Only Human

Ivan T. Sanderson (1911-1973) by Mark A. Hall, Wonders, December 1992, pp. 65-67. Twenty years ago an old friend died. He was a British subject who chose to live in the U.S.A. During his life Ivan T. Sanderson was first a nature writer and then an avid fortean author, devoting his later books and articles to mysterious natural phenomena of all kinds. His life and work are difficult to summarize adequately here. More information can be found in an excellent biographical entry that appears in the National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 57 (Clifton, NJ: J.T. White, 1977), 192-194. The [...]

New Japanese Yeti Expedition Departs

The Pink Tentacle (what a great blog name) is reporting on a new six-week long Yeti expedition. The seven-member crew of experienced climbers, led by veteran Yeti hunter and mountaineer Yoshiteru Takahashi, will depart Japan on on Saturday, August 16, 2008. Their destination is in the Dhaulagiri mountains in central Nepal, where they will establish base camp at an elevation of 4,300 meters (14,000 ft) and set up an array of automated infrared, motion-sensitive cameras along a ridge. Writes the Pink Tentacle, in part: The expedition is Takahashi’s third attempt to find the elusive creature. The 65-year-old mountaineer first became [...]

Yeti News

The Associated Press carries an article today, in essence, saying the belief in the Yeti is on a decline in Bhutan as it becomes modernized. Here are some snippets from “Losing the Yeti in Forgotten Nation of Bhutan,” by Tim Sullivan: In the West, yeti-like creatures long ago were reduced to myth. The Abominable Snowman is something from a “Scooby Doo” episode, or part of the latest installment in Hollywood’s “Mummy” franchise. To mainstream science, the notion of Bigfoot is little more than a joke. But across the Himalayas the beast was seen as real, known for generations in a [...]

New At The Museum

All the donations to the museum are not fiscal. Here is a sampling of some recent acquisitions contributed to the International Cryptozoology Museum. Jeff H. Johnson-painted new Thylacine model. The Teslin, Yukon, “Sasquatch” hair samples from Dr. David Coltman, University of Alberta. Coltman published the scientific paper discussing how the sample turned out to be bison hair. A large display replica of a mammoth. A new original oil painting of Yeti by artist Alex Evans. Thanks to the donors! ======= Please join 150 others who have supported the museum with your donation today. Know you may directly send a check, [...]

New Yeti Hairs and Hillary

The Yeti hair sample shows split ends. The first update to the testing of the Yeti hair sample is in, and the results are “inconclusive,” not too surprisingly. Initial results showed it had human and ape-like characteristics. Ian Redmond, a biologist and expert in ape conservation, said the hairs found in the Indian jungle resembled samples collected by the conqueror of Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary, in the 1950s. “Under the microscope, they look slightly human, slightly like an orang utang and slightly like the hairs brought back by Edmund Hillary,” Redmond told AFP. “These hairs remain an enigma. They could [...]