‘Yeti Footprint’ Pictures That Sparked Debate On Mythical Creature’s Existence Taken By British Explorer During 1951 Everest Expedition Emerge For Sale

The photographs taken by a British explorer that ignited worldwide debate over the existence of the Yeti in the Himalayas are to be auctioned.

During the 1951 Everest expedition, Eric Earle Shipton CBE used an ice pick to give the footprints in the snow at the Memluk Basin some scale. The footprints measure between 12 and 13 inches long.

The photographs came more than 25 years after photographer and member of the Royal Geographic Society N.A. Tombazi claimed to have made the first European sighting of the mythical beast.

Source: Daily Mail