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Yeti footprint photos to go up for auction

By T.K. Randall
August 29, 2014 · Comment icon 10 comments

Could the Yeti be roaming the Himalayan peaks ? Image Credit: CC BY-SA 2.0 Dirk Hartung
Eric Shipton's famous photographs of Himalayan Yeti footprints are expected to fetch up to £5000.
The images were taken in 1951 during an expedition in which the British explorer had been trekking at an altitude of 19,000ft across the Himalayas in an attempt to climb Mount Everest.

The prints themselves, which measured around 13 inches, were found imprinted in the snow over a considerable distance. Several pictures were taken, some showing the prints up close and others showing them trailing off eerily across the frozen wastes.

"The photographs are so iconic, we are hoping they will raise more than £5,000 pounds during the auction," said James Hyslop who catalogued the pictures for Christie's auctioneers.
"They are incredibly rare. The photographs are the earliest documentation of the famous Yeti and the pictures made all of the headlines in the 1950s."

At the time the photographs divided opinion over the existence of the mythical creature. Many people believed that the prints were indisputable proof that the Yeti was real while others were more skeptical with some even accusing Shipton of perpetrating a hoax.

A gallery showing several of the photographs can be viewed - here.

Source: Mirror | Comments (10)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by bubblykiss 10 years ago
Ah the 1950s, when taking pictures of snow with prints in them was the norm. How far we have come. Now people holding cameras before their own faces is the norm. I miss the pictures of snow.
Comment icon #2 Posted by paperdyer 10 years ago
Ah the 1950s, when taking pictures of snow with prints in them was the norm. How far we have come. Now people holding cameras before their own faces is the norm. I miss the pictures of snow. In the 1950's we still wanted to learn from pictures. Now pictures are "All about me!", an exaggerated self-importance.
Comment icon #3 Posted by Twin 10 years ago
The stride of this yeti seems to be extremely short. Maybe she was wearing a tight skirt.
Comment icon #4 Posted by bubblykiss 10 years ago
The stride of this yeti seems to be extremely short. Maybe she was wearing a tight skirt. The Yeti has a stride of 7 inches; its a fact.
Comment icon #5 Posted by Neognosis 10 years ago
Do people not know that footprints in ice thaw and refreeze in the sun, and expand during the process? Is that something that the general population doesn't know?
Comment icon #6 Posted by bobb73 10 years ago
The great and mighty Yeti liveth~
Comment icon #7 Posted by Silent Trinity 10 years ago
Sorry but all I can say is that a fool and his money are easily parted..... A big foot print is hardly anthropological proof of the existence of a yeti.
Comment icon #8 Posted by bobb73 10 years ago
I paid $50 for Patty's "lookback" print and a test tube of dirt where she walked. eBay. Good deals
Comment icon #9 Posted by Agishe 7 years ago
2 in 1: Camel track + Overlay two traces (mistake, or joke, or fake) What does traces of a bigfoot look like?
Comment icon #10 Posted by Tatetopa 7 years ago
Just what I have been waiting for.  My special toaster that makes images of Jesus and the Virgin Mary is a bit overworked.  E-bay sales are flagging.  I got a little bump when I advertised them as Jerry Garcia and Joanie Mitchell.  I am switching to bigfoot trails right away.  There is still snow in the mountains, I could make a bunch.


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