There’s no hard proof these creatures exist. ibid.
There are hundreds of footprints and thousands of sightings. Igor Burtsev, hominologist
A Yeti came and attacked me and threw me in the river. His face was very black and looked like a very old man. Lakhpa Domani, televised interview
What eventually convinced me that they were there was meeting with the sherpas and talking to them face to face. The sherpas viewed the Yeti as a real living creature. Peter Byrne, explorer and expedition leader
I came across a line of footprints. Peter Byrne
So we went back up the temple and he showed me this hand. About the size of a human hand cut off at the wrist. I considered it very significant. And I took some pictures of it immediately. Peter Byrne
To the sherpas he has got a conical scalp, rather pointed ears, splayed nose, he’s shaggy, he’s bald around his chest and tummy, and has a fairly human face. He is very nasty tempered. Desmond Doig, expedition with Edmund Hillary
And I looked at the Sherpa, and he said, ‘Yeti coming, saab.’ ... A black shape dropped behind the ridge ... It shot across the whole slope of the mountain. Don Whillans
Sherpas refer to the Yeti as ‘the rock living animal’. Unexplained Mysteries
Coming down a mountain, two hikers get a startling glimpse of what appears to be a large hairy creature trudging through the thick snow. Unexplained Mysteries
In another part of the valley Tom Slick and his sherpa guides discovered a similar set of tracks. A plaster-cast of the footprint was shipped to the US to be analysed. The print measured ten inches long and seven inches wide. It was similar to the footprint discovered by Eric Shipton six years earlier. Unsolved Mysteries
In February of 1958 Peter Byrne embarked on another expedition ... The photographs of the Yeti hand were unlike anything science has seen before ... The [stolen] finger was brought back to London to be examined ... We asked the University of California to analyse it. The results were inconclusive. But seemed to indicate that the tissue was probably taken from a human hand. Meanwhile, the sightings of Yeti continue. ibid.
I can tell that it’s a primate. It’s a large primate that has no business being there. But it is there. Richard Greenwell, cryptozoologist, analysis of hikers’ film
There’s no food; there’s no shelter; it’d freeze to death. Gerry Moffat
1959: The hikers never returned. After they were reported missing a massive search and rescue operation was launched ... What they found was horrifying. Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives, Discovery 2014
The last photo taken by the hikers before they died appears to show mysterious lights in the sky. ibid.
‘Something ripped out the tongue of this woman.’ ibid. investigator and author
‘These footprints were never recorded as part of the official case.’ ibid. Russian investigator
Indigenous Russian people thousands of kilometres apart have described creatures with the exact same characteristics. ibid.
It is highly possible that that kind of creature may exist. Dr Soyam Prakash Shrestha, Nepal Agricultural Research Council
There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti. Edmund Hillary
There is precious little hard, scientific evidence to go on. On the other hand, I have talked to a lot of people who live in the high Himalayas. Mark Evans, Yeti: Myth, Man or Beast? Channel 4 2016
Some kind of polar bear hybrid? This bold idea certainly captured the headlines. ibid.
We tend to think of ourselves as the only humans. ibid.
My investigation into a terrifying killer begins in the shadows of the Andes, northern Argentina, the city of Salta … 500 years ago the Incas ruled this region and they practised human sacrifice and mummification … One of those terrifying myths has come back to life with a vengeance: it’s called the Ucumar … a huge human like figure covered in fur, a kind of South American bigfoot that’s out for blood. South American Sasquatch of Argentina, Animal Planet 2017
So many stories from the region … absolute terror of this unknown creature. ibid.
A man who in 2003 encountered it three times … He lost livestock to the Ucumar. ibid.
There are no known gorillas in South America. ibid.
The Andean Bear and the Spectacled Bear are one and the same. ibid.
Does an elusive apeman lurk in the mountain vastness of the Himalayas? … 8 foot tall, covered in hair yet strangely human-like … could such a creature truly exist? In Search of History s2e11: The Abominable Snowman, History 1997
There have been persistent sightings of this creature throughout history. Similar stories of Yeti-like creatures are reported from around the world. ibid.
Growing popular interest in this subject prompted the British Daily Mail to mount its own 300-man Yeti expedition in 1953. After several weeks the expedition returned with photos of footprints but little else. ibid.
They fly, they creep, they claw everything in sight, and some even have a taste for human flesh. All over the world legions of crytozoologists that somewhere out there are hundreds of weird, bizarre, nightmarish creatures. The UnXplained with William Shatner: Strange Creatures, History 2021
Chupacabra: to those who claim to have encountered one, there’s a fearsome monster … ‘The continental North American chupacabra is a four-legeged or quadrupedal animal about the size of a dog, completely hairless with a blueish/grey elephant-hide type of covering … Very grotesque.’ ibid. Ken Gerhard
A monster seemingly drawn from a nightmare. It walks on two legs like a human but has the head of a beast … the Goatman. ibid.
Doesn’t only walk on two legs but flies on two wings – the Mothman. ibid.
Demonic and paranormal creatures that have terrified locals for generations – they are called Cryptids: these creatures take many different forms but the most terrifying one in the Grunch … demonic spirits who enter our dimensions and take a physical form … a terrifying cross between a dog and a reptile. Buried Worlds with Tim Wildman: Devil Swamp, Discovery 2020
Are we alone? Science tells us that it is improbable. If alien life does exist beyond our planet, then surely it’s only a matter of time before we have evidence here on Earth. Mexico – a creature that for more than five years has left scientists unable to explain its origins. Alien Investigation, Channel 4 2012
Measuring no more than nineteen inches, pink and almost hairless, and with large, luminous eyes, the creature was said to be conscious and made a noise that no witness could identify … the Metepec creature. ibid.
A legendary creature called the [Florida] Skunk Ape … dozens of sightings … ‘People describe the face as being somewhere between a human and an ape, very broad shoulders, no neck, very long arms.’ The Proof is Out There s1e5
The legendary dogman: has this man found the real thing? … In recent years there has been a spate of reported sightings with a canine head that walks on two dogs. And one man in Tennessee claims he’s got video proving that the trendy legend is real. The Proof is Out There s2e2, History 2022
2011: a small village in Russia; a local farmer reports his home is shaken by a large explosion nearby. While looking for the source, the farmer stumbles upon this, remains that look nothing like the usual wildlife … A strange head and an even stranger torso and limbs. And the state it’s in is even more puzzling. The Proof is Out There s2e7
1966: One day some kids driving around back roads late at night bump into a red-eyed flying gargoyle. On the Trail of the Lake Michigan Mothman, History 2023
2017: The pattern begins to repeat. Again sightings of a strange humanoid creature with wings and red eyes re-emerge. The media turns it into a circus … The most active year of these sightings to date. ibid.
The most elusive beast in north America. Despite thousands of sightings this mysterious animal remains unidentified … Does Bigfoot exist and if so, what is it, and where is it? History’s Greatest Mysteries s4e15: The Legend of Bigfoot, History 2023
This is not something that’s limited to just one region or just one continent. ibid.
Theory #1: Bigfoot’s a prank … Theory #2: Bigfoot’s a new species … Theory #3: Bigfoot’s a bear … Theory #4: Bigfoot’s a ‘skunk ape’ … Theory #5: Bigfoot’s an escaped primate … Theory #6: Bigfoot’s a feral human … Theory #7: Bigfoot’s a prehistoric primate … ibid.