{"id":38555,"date":"2026-02-09T16:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snipool.com\/a-mysterious-creature-of-the-himalayas\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:39:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:39:30","slug":"yeti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snipool.com\/en\/yeti\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A mysterious creature of the Himalayas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Yeti<\/strong> is a mysterious creature that lives in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal. It resembles an ape and is covered with long white hair. The Yeti is tall and walks on two legs, moving like a human and leaving gigantic footprints in the snow behind it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 1938 encounter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In <strong>1938<\/strong>, Captain d\u2019Auvergne, a respected scholar and curator of the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta, India, was traveling alone in the Himalayas. 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