Agence France-Presse reported yesterday that the local administration of Kemerovo, a region of southern Siberia, has confirmed the existence of the legendary Yeti:
To the other, though, Kemerovo is the administrative seat of the Kuznetsk coal basin, and has in recent years attempted to transform its economy into a tourist market.
Indeed, the regional administration is considering the possible construction of a Yeti research center cataloguing the "science of the yeti".
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Agence France-Presse. "Siberian region 'confirms Yeti exists'". Hürriyet Daily News. October 10, 2011. HurriyetDailyNews.com. October 11, 2011. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=siberian-region-confirms-yeti-exists-2011-10-10
"During the expedition to the Azasskaya cave, conference participants gathered indisputable proof that the Shoria mountains are inhabited by the 'Snow Man'," the Kemerovo region administration said in a press-release.
The expedition was organised after Kemerovo's governor invited researchers from the United States, Canada, and several other countries to share their research and stories of encounters with the creature at a conference.
"They found his footprints, his supposed bed, and various markers with which the yeti marks his territory," the statement said. The collected "artifacts" will be analysed in a special laboratory, it said.
Yetis, or Abominable Snowmen, are hairy ape-like creatures of popular myth, that are generally held to inhabit the Himalayas.
But some believe Russia also holds a population of yetis, which it calls Snow Men, in remote areas of Siberia.
The expedition was organised after Kemerovo's governor invited researchers from the United States, Canada, and several other countries to share their research and stories of encounters with the creature at a conference.
"They found his footprints, his supposed bed, and various markers with which the yeti marks his territory," the statement said. The collected "artifacts" will be analysed in a special laboratory, it said.
Yetis, or Abominable Snowmen, are hairy ape-like creatures of popular myth, that are generally held to inhabit the Himalayas.
But some believe Russia also holds a population of yetis, which it calls Snow Men, in remote areas of Siberia.
To the other, though, Kemerovo is the administrative seat of the Kuznetsk coal basin, and has in recent years attempted to transform its economy into a tourist market.
Indeed, the regional administration is considering the possible construction of a Yeti research center cataloguing the "science of the yeti".
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Notes:
Agence France-Presse. "Siberian region 'confirms Yeti exists'". Hürriyet Daily News. October 10, 2011. HurriyetDailyNews.com. October 11, 2011. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=siberian-region-confirms-yeti-exists-2011-10-10
