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Dates: during 1951-1951
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After the first report, the legend of the Snowmen was unheard of for nearly 16 years. Then another roving Englishman found the tracks of a barefooted "man," high in the valley of the upper Salween, the "Black River of Tibet." Soon afterward another high-altitude Himalayan traveler came across a similar line of tracks. He persuaded his sulky porters to follow them in the direction the toes pointed. Even the terrified Tibetans felt fairly safe: they knew that if a man followed an Abominable Snowman's tracks with the toes pointing forward, he was only going where the Snowman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Legend of the Himalayas | 12/17/1951 | See Source »

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