Mummified Leg's Foot Size Too Small To Be Yeti...
A mystery mummified leg found by mountaineers in Siberia is unlikely to be a yeti because it only takes a size 36 boot say Russian scientists rather improbably...
Posted: 9 October 2003
by Jon
Mountaineers in Siberia have discovered the mummified leg of an
unknown creature according to reports on the Interfax web
site.
|
|
Gaiters no problem for yetis,
but boots are a different matter...
|
The site reports that the limb was found at an altitude of around
3000 metres and scientists who X-rayed it concluded that 'the bones
did not belong to any known animal, however a human-style knee joint
and a covering of reddish hair should spark speculation that the
creature was a yeti...
Scientists are reluctant to draw this conclusion though,
apparently the limb takes only a size 36 boot whereas yetis, as we
all know, have great big feet and often have trouble finding boots to
fit at all, though gaiters are, of course, readily available...
For the full
story see the Interfax web site...
Discuss this story
|
