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1、Yeti:AbominableSnowmanoftheHimalayasAtibetianfortressbelowthemountainsweretheYetiissupposedtoroam.TheHimalayaMountains,thehighestrangeonEarth,havebeenreferredtoasthe"roofoftheworld."Ifthatisso,thereisamysterycalledtheYetiinourattic.InTibetanthewordmeans"magicalcr
2、eature"andtrulyitisaseeminglysupernaturalenigmaintheshapeofahairy,bipedcreaturethatresemblesagiantape.TheHimalayaslieontheborderbetweenIndia,Nepal,andTibet(nowpartofChina).Theyareremoteandforbidding.Largestretchesaroundtheseroughvalleysandpeaksareuninhabited.Thet
3、allestmountainintheworld,Everest,29,028feethigh,lieshalfinNepal,halfinChina.ItisfromNepal,though,thatmostattemptstoclimbEverest,andthesurroundingmountains,aremade.InKatmandu,thecapitolofNepal,avisitorfindshimselfimmersedintheYetilegend.Heisacommercialmoneymakerfo
4、rthetouristindustry(there'sevenaHotelnamedthe"YakandtheYeti")aswellaslegend,religionandfantasytosomeoftheNepalesepeople.ThefirstreliablereportoftheYetiappearedin1925whenaGreekphotographer,N.A.Tombazi,workingasamemberofaBritishgeologicalexpeditionintheHimalayas,wa
5、sshownacreaturemovinginthedistanceacrosssomelowerslopes.Thecreaturewasalmostathousandfeetawayinanairawithanaltitudeofaround15,000feet."Unquestionably,thefigureinoutlinewasexactlylikeahumanbeing,walkinguprightandstoppingoccasionallytouprootorpullatsomedwarfrhodode
6、ndronbushes,"saidTombazi,"Itshowedupdarkagainstthesnowand,asfarasIcouldmakeoutworenoclothes."ThecreaturedisappearedbeforeTombazicouldtakeaphotographandwasnotseenagain.Thegroupwasdescending,though,andthephotographerwentoutofhiswaytoseethegroundwerehehadspottedthec
7、reature.Tombazifoundfootprintsinthesnow."Theyweresimilarinshapetothoseofaman,butonlysixtosevenincheslongbyfourincheswideatthebroadestpartofthefoot.Themarksoffivedistincttoesandtheinstepwereperfectlyclear,butthetraceoftheheelwasindistinct..."Therewere15printstobef
8、ound.Eachwasoneandonehalftotwofeetapart.ThenTombazilostthetrailinthickbrush.Whenthelocalswereaskedtonamethebeasthe'dseentheytoldhimitwasa"Kanchenjungademon."To
