Howard-Bury

1921. Lt-Col. Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury led a British expedition into Tibet to reconnoitre Mount Everest, with George Mallory among his climbers. At the Lhakpa La, his party found hare and fox tracks. One mark looked like a human foot, and it puzzled him. The reconnaissance brought back the name metoh-kangmi, and with it the Abominable Snowman, though who coined the phrase is still argued over. Later cases are measured against his find, from Laurence Waddell's 1889 footprints in Sikkim to N. A. Tombazi's 1925 sighting near the Zemu Glacier.

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Laurence Waddell's 'hairy wild men' footprints in northeast Sikkim

1889 · Northeast Sikkim, India

India

Cryptid · Creature · 30 sources

32Partially documented

Leader of the 1921 Everest reconnaissance that produced the name Abominable Snowman

The Metoh-Kangmi Tracks at the Lhakpa La: Howard-Bury and the Birth of the Abominable Snowman

September 22, 1921 · Lhakpa La (Lhagba La), near Mount Everest, Tibet

China

Cryptid · Creature · 45 sources · 1 photos

35Partially documented

N. A. Tombazi's Yeti Sighting near the Zemu Glacier, Sikkim Himalaya (1925)

1925 · Southern glaciers of Kangchenjunga, below the Zemu Gap (reported as near the Zemu Glacier), Sikkim

India

Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources

30Partially documented