Chapter 33: The Legend of the Snowman (1)
Hearing the big man say this, Qian Chengye, who had been silent on the side, said: "Well, I personally think that the Himalayan snowman is very likely to save zĂ i." "The world is so big that there are no wonders", and it is not difficult to explain that there are creatures like snowmen on the top of this snowy region.
I've heard it before: there are so many legends of 'savages' in Metuo.
Brown bears rarely descend from alpine meadows to low-altitude human settlements, and only occasionally go in search of animals. As soon as they encounter a person, they stand up and make eye contact with the person. Brown bears are rarely seen and are not subject to legend. In hindsight, I can only remember by impression that what I saw was a creature with a 'red mouth, a red nose, and red hair', and these people often mistook it for a 'wild man'. â
"Well, I've heard that from time to time." The big man agreed with Qian Cheng's statement, and continued: "The Himalayas are the places with the most legendary snowmen, and some people have indeed seen this legendary 'snowman' many times along the snow line and even on the snow-capped mountains.
According to the recollections of these people, they almost all had the same characteristics: they were able to walk upright, and their body coat was mostly grayish-white. Footprints left in the snow are very similar to human footprints and are longer. In height, he is much taller than the average person. Sometimes, they also carry a wooden stick 'in their hand' in case the aggressor is against them.
On two occasions, local shepherds and hunters had accurately depicted the image and location of the 'snowman' and sent special personnel to wait for them. At first, nothing out of the ordinary. However, in the middle of the night, I finally saw the legendary snowman. However, due to the heavy wind and snow at that time, these mysterious snowy primates could not be caught. â
Hearing what Qian Cheng and the big man said, it was a little shocking to me. I have heard about the legend of the "snowman" before. However, that is more described as a "wild man". If the "wild man" really exists, it will have a minimum population limit as a large mammal. There are no more than 200 so-called "wild people" found in various places, and their scattered habitat and harsh environment make it unlikely that their inbreeding will allow them to survive until now.
This Himalayan snow monster is to the Himalayas. Just like the "savage" is to the Shenlong frame, it is only possible to exist in a special geographical environment and a special area. But all this time, no conclusive evidence has been found. Therefore, their authenticity has always been controversial.
So far, there are no exact specimens of the yeti for people to study, and there is far more legendary material about the yeti than there is empirical evidence. I've heard more than one version myself:
Usually the snowman is called "yeti", which means an animal that lives on a rock. It is said that the Himalayan Yeti is a giant that lives in the Himalayan forest area, which is a kind of giant between man and beast. Extremely mysterious.
Since 326 B.C., there have been legends about the Yeti. According to the oral impression, the snowman is sometimes benevolent and gentle, sometimes fierce and fierce.
As early as 1848, Sanda was captured and killed by a snowman in Xigong Village, Motuo County, Tibet, China, and the smell left on him was indefatigable.
In 1951, the British Mount Everest mountaineering team took the first photograph of the snowman's clear footprints. The footprints were left on a thin layer of hard ice and are 31.3 centimeters long and 18.8 centimeters wide. The thumb is large and spread outward. Its footprints have been traced since 1898.
December 31, 1953. A British expedition arrived in India heavily armed. The group prepares to travel to Nepal in search of the mysterious behemoth, the Himalayan Yeti.
Six months earlier, the chief Edmund . Hillary Clinton and his Sherpa guide, Tenzin Norgi, once spotted a series of huge footprints on their way to the summit of Mount Everest.
Therefore, they are convinced: the snowman will definitely appear again. Later, to their great disappointment. The snowman never appeared again.
In the early sixties, the Nepalese government legislated to protect the snowman and prohibit hunting.
Later, in 1972, some biologists also discovered the footprints of the snowman.
A few years later. In the small village of Machelmo, two days north of the Namchebazar in northern Nepal, a Shelba girl was attacked by a snowman. The Yeti also killed 5 calves and some domestic animals, the local police confirmed the report.
According to the girl's recollection, the "monster" was the size of a muscular man. It is 1.4 meters tall and has deep temples and brown fur all over its body. Its face is black and hairless, resembling that of a chimpanzee. The head is slightly pointed, and it walks on both legs, but runs on all fours. Run, very fast.
Later, it was learned that this snowman inhabits the forest, often visits snowy mountains and glaciers, and has a foul smell. Normally, I don't come to the village very often. If it had come to the village, it would have been almost a catastrophe.
However, not all legends say that the Yeti is brutal. There are also many legends about the beneficial side of the snowman:
In 1975, a Nepalese Sherpa girl chops firewood in the mountains as usual. But a fierce snow leopard in the distance had been quietly following her for more than ten minutes, but the girl didn't realize it at all. Just when the girl was concentrating on chopping wood and was not the slightest defense, the snow leopard suddenly launched a fierce attack!
Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, a red-haired and white-haired animal like a ferocious rushed out and fought to the death with the snow leopard. The white creature was swift and swift, and in a short time the ferocious snow leopard was subdued, and the girl was able to flee back to the village.
Later, according to the people in the village, the red-haired and white-haired animal was likely to be the legendary "Himalayan snowman".
Another story of the snowman saving his life, which takes place in 1938:
Captain Ovigu, the curator of the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata at the time, traveled alone in the Himalayas. Suddenly, he was hit by a strong snowstorm, and the strong light of the snow pierced him so that he could not open his eyes, and he suspected that he was suffering from snow blindness.
However, he had nothing to do to call for help. For a moment, Captain Ovigu was in a situation where he could not save himself. Ovigu could only wait for death to come, allowing the wind and snow to turn him into a stiff corpse. He felt his body temperature drop.
Just when he was close to death, he suddenly felt that he was covered by an animal nearly 3 meters tall and saved his life. Slowly, with the passage of time, my consciousness became clear. However, the large animal mysteriously disappeared again, leaving behind a smell like a fox's odor.
Although to this day, people still debate whether there is a snowman or not, but they never stop looking for a snowman. (To be continued......)