Many have read about Yeti in the Himalayas in story books. The Yeti is often described as an ape-like creature purported to inhabit the Himalayan Mountain range in Asia. The creature is commonly referred to as the Abominable Snowman in Western popular culture. Although there are various tales about the Yeti, its existence has not been proven till date. The recent experience of a few Bengali explorers once again evoked the existence of this creature!
In the joint initiative of Howrah District Mountaineers and Trekkers Association and Himalayan Association, two expedition teams went to the Indrasan peak (6,221mt above the sea level) of northern Indian Province of Himachal Pradesh and nearby Deo Tibba peak (6,001mt) in June 2024. Everest conquerors Malay Mukherjee and Debashis Biswas were leading the two Indian teams of climbers.
Mount Indrasan, located in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, is considered as the most difficult mountain to climb in the Pir Panjal range of the Himalayas. However, it has always been a favourite place for mountaineers mainly because of the challenges involved in scaling this peak. Often, climbers have to travel through a number of dangerous routes and to cross broken icefalls in order to reach the top of the peak. Twelve members of the Howrah District Mountaineers and Trekkers Association, under the leadership of Mukherjee, left for Himachal Pradesh in mid-June and nine members of the team managed to reach the top of Deo Tibba on June 15 (2024) morning.
Thereafter, Biswas, along with 11 climbers, left for Deo Tibba. On their way to the peak, they had a strange experience. Biswas told the press: "We saw mysterious large footprints on the ice while moving from Camp I to Camp II during our Deo Tibba expedition. None of the explorers could understand whose footprints were those." He said: "The footprints, about seven-and-a-half-inch-long and six-and-a-half-inch-wide, covered a large area at an altitude of 5,000ft!" Biswas also clicked some images of those footprints.
Interestingly, Biswas and his team did not find those footprints while returning from Deo Tibba and Indrasan peaks. Biswas stressed that the footprints were no longer visible due to snowfalls. Later, some local sherpas told him that those were footprints of bears! Upon their arrival in the plain, Biswas showed the images of footprints to a few more people who opined that those could not be bear's footprints. They argued that bears usually consume fruits and there are no plants or trees at such an altitude. Hence, bears cannot be there. Furthermore, those footprints bear no particular resemblance to bear footprints.
Well, this, along with other incidents that were experienced by people, are shrouded in mystery. No one could figure out who could have such a large footprint!
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