Chapter 3: There Are Mountains in the Mountains: 11. The Legend of the Snowman

After leaving Lijiang, we had a smooth journey. Three days later, we arrived at a small town called Lulang in Tibet. As originally planned, we will start our walking tour from here.

After arriving in Lulang, I took everyone to the family inn in Daji. Lulang is a picturesque place, and every time I travel to Tibet, I stay here for some time. Each time, I stayed at Daji's house. Therefore, I am more familiar with Lu Lang. This decision to enter the mountains from here is also my strong advocate. Because I know that there is a shortcut to the mountains from here, as long as you climb over the Gongbrazan Snow Mountain, you can go straight to the mountain where the mysterious tribe lives. Compared to the road in the other direction, it is at least nearly three days away.

On the evening of arriving in Lulang, Daji invited us to eat the famous local "stone pot chicken". After dinner, we began to ask Daji about the mysterious tribe. Daji said he had only heard of such a tribe, but no one had ever been there, even the oldest of them. The road to that side, he knew, was from Higashijiugou. Speaking of Dongjiugou, Daji also had a difficult face, saying that he had entered Dongjiugou, but he had only entered the lumberyard, and he had not entered it further. Daji said that he entered Dongjiugou a few years ago, and now that the country has banned logging and hunting, the logging site has long been abandoned, and that area is no longer a no-man's land.

Everyone heard that Daji was spitting, and it was obviously a little untrue. Daji's expression aroused everyone's curiosity. Ruoyu asked me what kind of place Higashijiugou is? I said it was the only place I hadn't been to in Lulang for so long. Locals always talk about this place with a mystery. I only know that the scenery in the ditch is very beautiful, and you can walk directly to the foot of the Gongbulazan Snow Mountain along the bottom of the ditch.

Daji said that the scenery inside is indeed very good, but it is a no-man's land, and it is fine during the day, but there are often some strange things happening at night.

Everyone is curious about what kind of strange things are?

Daji said that in the old days, when the lumberyards were still around, the lumberjacks would encounter something almost every night. Some people have seen an animal walking upright, others have heard the sound of someone talking in the dark, and some have heard scenes of singing and dancing. After that, no one dared to spend the night in the ditch. The lumberjacks go into the mountains early in the morning to cut the trees and go down to the pastures below before dark to stay. Later, the lumberyard was withdrawn, and no one entered it during the day.

Ruoyu cares about the upright walking animal that Daji said. She asked what an upright animal was.

Daji said he didn't know, but it was an animal that walked upright like a man, but not a man. Speaking of this, Professor Luo suddenly patted his head and said how he had forgotten about this discussion. He knew about the Himalayan snowman, but he didn't react for a while, and the place where everyone is now is not the Himalayas. Muryang said that the snowman is also known as the Bigfoot Snowman, the Night Emperor, and the Snowman, which means an animal that lives on the rocks, and the Tibetan word is Migui, which means a humanoid monster. The legendary snowman of the Himalayas has been spotted many times in the Himalayas, but it has not been confirmed what it is. Yeti are higher primates that exist but have not been confirmed, and are capable of walking upright and reaching a height of up to 7 feet. They are taller than apes, with pointed heads, red hair, grayish-yellow fur, and quick gait. With a certain intelligence. Its more formal academic name is "Homogeneous Superior Primate Exotic Animal". Paleoanthropology believes that the Yeti may be the missing link between the evolution of ancient Homo sapiens and modern humans, so some biologists classify it as a genus of hominis, but not a species of Homo sapiens, and have the closest relationship with modern humans. Since 326 B.C., there have been legends about the Yeti. The mystery of the Himalayan Yeti is one of the "four mysteries of the world" and has always been concerned by people from all walks of life. As early as 1784, there were documentary records of Tibetan Himalayan snowmen in China. In recent years, there have been continuous sightings of snowmen in the Himalayas.

Daji said yes, it's rice expensive. He has never seen Migui in Dongjiugou, but there are indeed many legends about Migui in this area. Daji said that in the impression of the old people, Mi Gui is sometimes kind and gentle, and sometimes fierce and strong. Mu Mi Gui likes to chase men. The old man said that when a person encounters it, she should run down the hill to avoid its pursuit, because her long hair will block her view and prevent her from pursuing it quickly. Sometimes, Mu Migui will also have an idea and put that long hair behind his shoulders, but it doesn't take a few steps before it will slip down again. The female snowman will then catch it again, but it will fall again after a few steps, and the time will be delayed in this way, so when the man encounters the snowman, as long as he runs down the mountain, he will be safe. Xiong Migui is tall and strong, and he is not timid when he encounters a bison weighing hundreds of catties, and he will rush up without hesitation, grab the horns of the bison with both hands, and throw the bison to the ground with force. Like the female Mi Gui, the male Mi Gui also likes to take women away.

Ah Mei said that when she was studying in the UK, she had read some books and materials about Mi Gui, that is, the snowman. She remembers reading a book that had detailed descriptions of snowmen. The book was written by the writer Gilning, who in her adventure book "The Snowman and His Companions" chronicles an incident in which a snowman robs a young girl: one day, accompanied by a group of Nepalese girls, she goes deep into the southern foothills of the Himalayas in search of a snowman. The girls discover a wonderful mountain stream, and they frolic naked to their heart's content. But they were discovered by more than a dozen Night Emperors. The huge Night Emperors shouted up and took the poor girls away to their heart's content. Gilning said he was watching the snow on a cliff in the distance and escaped before he could get into the water. Ah Mei said that in the books she saw, the snowman would also save people. She remembers seeing a story about a Nepalese girl chopping wood in the Himalayas in Nepal in 1975 when a fierce snow leopard in the distance had been quietly following her for a long time. The girl didn't realize it at all. When the snow leopard suddenly launched a fierce attack, unexpectedly, a snowman rushed out and fought with the snow leopard. The girl was able to flee back to the village. There is also a story of a snowman saving his life in 1938. At that time, the curator of the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, Captain Ovigu, traveled alone in the Himalayas. One day he was suddenly caught in a strong snowstorm, and the intense light of the snow pierced him from opening his eyes, and he suspected that he was suffering from snow blindness. With nothing to do to call for help, Ovigu could only wait for himself to turn into a stiff corpse. Just as he was close to death, he felt that he was covered by a snowman nearly 3 meters tall and saved his life. Slowly, Ovigu's consciousness became clear, but the snowman mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind a smell like a fox odor.