Is There Really A Yeti In The Himalayas

Here&rsquos some big news that&rsquos been making the rounds. Giant news, if we may. The Indian Army tweeted the appearance of a possible &lsquoyeti&rsquo on their official Twitter account yesterday. On encountering large footprints (measuring 32 in x 15 in), The Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition believed them to belong to a Yeti, a &lsquomythical beast&rsquo that belongs to the folklore of Nepal. The Indian Army also called the Yeti, an &lsquoelusive snowman&rsquo, saying that its &lsquomysterious footprints&rsquo have been sited near Makalu Base Camp on 9 April 2019. 

The tweet garnered a lot of attention since its release&mdashover 11k retweets and 25k likes, not to mention both national and international media attention. And the reactions cover a range of spectrums. While former BJP MP Tarun Vijay urged the Army not to call Yeti a "beast" but a "snowman", several people have asked why the &lsquoyeti&rsquo in the photograph is one-legged. In response, the Indian Army has claimed to send to domain experts to find other further information.

This isn&rsquot the first time that someone believed that they sited Yeti footprints. The part-human part-creature that is said to exist in the cold mountainous regions of the high Himalayas, and time and again, people claim to sight traces of its large footprints. Its existence, however, has yet to ever be proved and it remains as mythical as Finland&rsquos Santa Claus and Scotland&rsquos Loch Ness Monster. Only a lot hairier.

With inputs from PTI