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1、Yeti:AbominableSnowmanoftheHimalayasAtibetianfortressbelowthemountainsweretheYetiissupposedtoroam.TheHimalayaMountains,thehighestrangeonEarth,havebeenreferredtoasthe"roofoftheworld."Ifthatisso,thereisamysterycalledtheYetiinourattic.InTibetanthewordmeans"magicalcreature"a
2、ndtrulyitisaseeminglysupernaturalenigmaintheshapeofahairy,bipedcreaturethatresemblesagiantape.TheHimalayaslieontheborderbetweenIndia,Nepal,andTibet(nowpartofChina).Theyareremoteandforbidding.Largestretchesaroundtheseroughvalleysandpeaksareuninhabited.Thetallestmountainin
3、theworld,Everest,29,028feethigh,lieshalfinNepal,halfinChina.ItisfromNepal,though,thatmostattemptstoclimbEverest,andthesurroundingmountains,aremade.InKatmandu,thecapitolofNepal,avisitorfindshimselfimmersedintheYetilegend.Heisacommercialmoneymakerforthetouristindustry(ther
4、e'sevenaHotelnamedthe"YakandtheYeti")aswellaslegend,religionandfantasytosomeoftheNepalesepeople.ThefirstreliablereportoftheYetiappearedin1925whenaGreekphotographer,N.A.Tombazi,workingasamemberofaBritishgeologicalexpeditionintheHimalayas,wasshownacreaturemovinginthedistan
5、ceacrosssomelowerslopes.Thecreaturewasalmostathousandfeetawayinanairawithanaltitudeofaround15,000feet."Unquestionably,thefigureinoutlinewasexactlylikeahumanbeing,walkinguprightandstoppingoccasionallytouprootorpullatsomedwarfrhododendronbushes,"saidTombazi,"Itshowedupdark
6、againstthesnowand,asfarasIcouldmakeoutworenoclothes."ThecreaturedisappearedbeforeTombazicouldtakeaphotographandwasnotseenagain.Thegroupwasdescending,though,andthephotographerwentoutofhiswaytoseethegroundwerehehadspottedthecreature.Tombazifoundfootprintsinthesnow."Theywer
7、esimilarinshapetothoseofaman,butonlysixtosevenincheslongbyfourincheswideatthebroadestpartofthefoot.Themarksoffivedistincttoesandtheinstepwereperfectlyclear,butthetraceoftheheelwasindistinct..."Therewere15printstobefound.Eachwasoneandonehalftotwofeetapart.ThenTombazilostt
8、hetrailinthickbrush.Whenthelocalswereaskedtonamethebeasthe'dseentheytoldhimitwasa"Kanchenjungademon."To
