Post by Tyrant Cecelia on Oct 12, 2006 11:19:59 GMT -5
Aren't these guys technically the same monster? ;D I think they are my most favorite Legends!
This is from Wikipedia: "The yeti or Meh-Teh is a cryptid. It is incorrectly titled as Abominable Snowman by the western press and as a result has been over dramatized as a large primate-like creature supposedly living in the Himalayas. The Western name is derived from the Tibetan yeh-teh "little man-like animal"; it is a false cognate with Old English geottan (or yettin in Modern English), an antiquated word for an orc or troll (see also jotun). In the Sherpa language, Yeti means "creature of the glacier".
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury, was inadvertently responsible for coining the term "Abominable Snowman". While leading "The Everest Reconnaisance" group on the Lhakpa La in the Everest region in 1921, C.K. Howard-Bury's expedition discovered many footprints at about 20,000 feet in altitude. C.K. Howard-Bury related his account to a reporter, Mr Henry Newman, for the The Statesman, in Calcutta, however, the reporter translated the word "Metoh" from "Meteh Kangmi", the words the Sherpas had used - "Metoh" meaning "dirty", "filthy" or "disgusting" and "Kangmi" meaning "Man of the Snow". It was the words "dirty", "filthy", etc. from "Metoh" which was mistranslated into "Abominable". "Met-teh" translates as "Man-sized Wild creature".
Migoi or Mi-go (pronounced Mey-Goo) is another name for such a creature, other names are Mirka, Kang Admi, and eventually Meh-Teh which is the true name given to the snowman by the Sherpas. Other animals known to Tibetans which could have been construed as the yeti are the Chu-Teh, a monkey-like animal
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Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is believed by some to be an ape-like cryptid and by others to be the product of imagination.
Bigfoot is sometimes described as a large, bipedal hairy hominoid creature living in remote forested wilderness areas of the United States and of Canada, specifically those in south western Canada, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Northwest, the Rocky Mountains, the forests of the U.S. Northeast, and the U.S. Southern states. Some think that a Bigfoot, or its close relatives, may be found around the world under different regional names, such as the Yeti. Sightings have allegedly occurred in Malaysia, China, Russia, Australia, South America.
The majority of scientists reject the likelihood of such a creature's existence, and consider the stories of Bigfoot to be a combination of unsubstantiated folklore and hoax. No Bigfoot bones or bodies have been found, but there have been claims that tracks have been found over the years.
Lol, The Yeti is also the Abominable Snowman, the Sasquatch is also Bigfoot. And The Yeti is a Relative to Bigfoot. Boy I'd hate to go to their Family Reunions! I got a new name for them too! The Abominable Yeti and Sasfoot or Bigsquatch...but for some reason that don't sound right...
This is from Wikipedia: "The yeti or Meh-Teh is a cryptid. It is incorrectly titled as Abominable Snowman by the western press and as a result has been over dramatized as a large primate-like creature supposedly living in the Himalayas. The Western name is derived from the Tibetan yeh-teh "little man-like animal"; it is a false cognate with Old English geottan (or yettin in Modern English), an antiquated word for an orc or troll (see also jotun). In the Sherpa language, Yeti means "creature of the glacier".
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury, was inadvertently responsible for coining the term "Abominable Snowman". While leading "The Everest Reconnaisance" group on the Lhakpa La in the Everest region in 1921, C.K. Howard-Bury's expedition discovered many footprints at about 20,000 feet in altitude. C.K. Howard-Bury related his account to a reporter, Mr Henry Newman, for the The Statesman, in Calcutta, however, the reporter translated the word "Metoh" from "Meteh Kangmi", the words the Sherpas had used - "Metoh" meaning "dirty", "filthy" or "disgusting" and "Kangmi" meaning "Man of the Snow". It was the words "dirty", "filthy", etc. from "Metoh" which was mistranslated into "Abominable". "Met-teh" translates as "Man-sized Wild creature".
Migoi or Mi-go (pronounced Mey-Goo) is another name for such a creature, other names are Mirka, Kang Admi, and eventually Meh-Teh which is the true name given to the snowman by the Sherpas. Other animals known to Tibetans which could have been construed as the yeti are the Chu-Teh, a monkey-like animal
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Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is believed by some to be an ape-like cryptid and by others to be the product of imagination.
Bigfoot is sometimes described as a large, bipedal hairy hominoid creature living in remote forested wilderness areas of the United States and of Canada, specifically those in south western Canada, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Northwest, the Rocky Mountains, the forests of the U.S. Northeast, and the U.S. Southern states. Some think that a Bigfoot, or its close relatives, may be found around the world under different regional names, such as the Yeti. Sightings have allegedly occurred in Malaysia, China, Russia, Australia, South America.
The majority of scientists reject the likelihood of such a creature's existence, and consider the stories of Bigfoot to be a combination of unsubstantiated folklore and hoax. No Bigfoot bones or bodies have been found, but there have been claims that tracks have been found over the years.
Lol, The Yeti is also the Abominable Snowman, the Sasquatch is also Bigfoot. And The Yeti is a Relative to Bigfoot. Boy I'd hate to go to their Family Reunions! I got a new name for them too! The Abominable Yeti and Sasfoot or Bigsquatch...but for some reason that don't sound right...
