TRACKS IN THE SNOW.
MYSTERY OF TIBET. A MAN-EATING RACE. LONDON, Jan. 11. Mysterious marks found in the snow in Tibet were described by "Mr H. W. Tilman. leader of the coming Everest expedition, to a meeting of members of the Royal Geographical Society. While exploring in the uninhabited region between Hunza and Sinkiang, he found in the snow tracks which Sherpa porters identified as those of “the Abominable Snoivman.” The tracks were certainly not those of any kind of bear. They were roughly circular, being eight inches across and nine inches deep, and all on the same axis, instead of being to the right and left, as would. be the case with any four-footed animal. “The Sheras immediately told me,” said Mr Tilman, “that there were two kinds of snowmen, one living exclusively on yaks.' and the other on men. This was the smaller of maneating variety. “When I pointed out that, as nobody had been in this region foy 30 years, the snowman must be devilishly hungry, the Sherpas were not nearly so amused as I expected.” ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 20 January 1938, Page 5
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179TRACKS IN THE SNOW. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 20 January 1938, Page 5
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