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Dunno what to make of this - the picture of the foot doesn't look particularly human to me. It seems to have claws (though they could just be matted hair). I'm no zoologist, but could it be a bear's paw? I'm sure I've heard somwhere that bears can leave human-like prints so there may be a similarity.
On the other hand, the x-rays, assuming they're of the foot itself and not some BBC library shot, looks pretty convincing. What do you all think? Maybe Beckjord's planning an expedition right now!
Siberian scientists say they have a discovery on their hands which raises the possibility that the local legend of the yeti - the abominable snowman - is more than mere fiction.
According to Russian TV, the well-preserved furry limb of a mystery creature was found some 3,500 metres up in the permafrost of the Altay mountains, in Russia's remote Siberia region.
"I turned the limb over and examined the sole of the foot, and I thought it looked unsual," Sergey Semenov, the mountain-climber who made the find, said.
"So I decided to bring it back with me."
Scientific tests and X-rays show that the bones are several thousand years old, but attempts to identify the creature they belonged to remain inconclusive.
Dunno what to make of this - the picture of the foot doesn't look particularly human to me. It seems to have claws (though they could just be matted hair). I'm no zoologist, but could it be a bear's paw? I'm sure I've heard somwhere that bears can leave human-like prints so there may be a similarity.
On the other hand, the x-rays, assuming they're of the foot itself and not some BBC library shot, looks pretty convincing. What do you all think? Maybe Beckjord's planning an expedition right now!