Three Yeti Sightings In Siberia

'THEY JUST RUSHED AWAY, ALL IN FUR, WALKING ON TWO LEGS': THREE YETI 'SIGHTINGS' IN SIBERIA IN A WEEKBy WILL STEWART IN MOSCOWPUBLISHED: 16:28 GMT, 24 September 2012 UPDATED: 06:45 GMT, 25 September 2012Hunted: An artist's impression shows a primitive Yeti emerging from a caveThree separate 'sightings' of yetis have been made in Siberia in recent weeks, say fishermen and an official in Russia.All were in the remote Kemerovo region, where around 30 'abominable snowmen' live, according to the country's leading researcher on the creatures.In one previously undisclosed case last month near Myski village, fishermen in a boat on a river initially mistook distant figures first for bears and then people, said the Siberian Times'We shouted to them - do you need help?,' said fisherman Vitaly Vershinin.'They just rushed away, all in fur, walking on two legs, making their way through the bushes and with two other limbs, straight up the hill.'He said: "What did we think? It could not be bears, as the bear walks on all-fours, and they ran on two.... so then they were gone.'On a second sighting on the bank of the Mras-Su River several days later, an unnamed fisherman was quoted saying: 'We saw some tall animals looking like people.'He added: 'Our binoculars were broken and did not let us see them sharply. We waved at the animals but they did not respond, then quickly ran back into the forest, walking on two legs.'We realised that they were not in dark clothes but covered by dark fur. They did walk like people.' In a further case this month, an unnamed forestry inspector had encountered a 'yeti' Shorsky National Park, according to local government official Sergei Adlyakov.'The creature did not look like a bear and quickly disappeared after breaking some branches of the bushes,' he said.This case was in Tashtagolski district, close to the border with Khakassia. No images have appeared from the alleged sightings.STILL AT LARGE: THE HISTORY OF THE YETIThe first accounts of Yetis emerged before the 19th century from Buddhists who believed that the creature inhabited the Himalayas.They depicted the mysterious beast as having similarities to an ape and carrying a large stone as a weapon while making a whistling sound.Popular interest in the creature gathered pace in the early 20th century as tourists began making their own trips to the region to try and capture the Yeti. They reported seeing strange markings in the snow.The Daily Mail led a trip called the Snowman Expedition in 1954 to Everest. During the trip mountaineering leader John Angelo Jackson photographed ancient paintings of yetis and large footprints in the snow.A number of hair samples were also found that were believed to have come from a Yeti scalp.British mountaineer Don Whillans claimed to have witnessed a creature when scaling Annapurna in 1970.Russia's leading 'yeti' expert Igor Burtsev, head of the International Centre of Hominology, claimed that Myski will next month host an international conference and expedition in search of the yeti.He said the 'sighting' was 'significant' though he was unaware of the later National Shorsky Park case.He added: 'We shall explore new areas, to the north from the usual places yetis have been seen previously. The conference will start in Moscow and then we will travel with our guests to Kemerovo region.'At a similar expedition last year, he claimed to have found yeti hair though no DNA findings have been released.He claims the creature - also known as Bigfoot and Sasquatch - is the missing link between Neanderthal man and modern human beings.Burtsev has previously claimed a population of around 30 yetis are living in Kemerovo region.'We have good evidence of the yeti living in our region, and we have heard convincing details from experts elsewhere in Russia and in the US and Canada,' he said.'The description of the habits of the Abominable Snowmen are similar from all over the world.'Last November hunters claimed they had discovered the nest of a legendary Yeti in the same area of Siberia.Experts stumbled across trees, twisted by force to form an arch, in the area which is famed for sightings of the wildman.The hair thought to be from a Yeti was found in the Kemerovo region 2,600 miles east of MoscowThis snow monkey photographed in the Far East bears a striking resemblance to the mythical creature known as the Abominable Snowman or YetiBiologist John Bindernagel, 69, said: 'We didn't feel like the trees we saw in Siberia had been done by a man or another mammal.'Twisted trees like this have also been observed in North America and they could fit in with the theory that Bigfoot makes nests.'Sightings of the Yeti have been reported in France, North America and the Himalayas but Dr Bindernagel said these are mainly ignored by scientists who are put off by 'jokes and taboos.'Mr Burtsev has previously strongly denied accusations that yeti 'sightings' are a bizarre ruse to attract tourists to the far-flung region.Reports say the two-legged creatures are heavy-set, more around 7ft tall and resemble bears.

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