Yeti/Abominable Snowman/Metoh Kangmi/Metch Kangmi

The Yeti is a cryptid from the Himalayas. It is known of in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim. The name “Abominable Snowman” was a mistranslation made by Henry Newman in a 1921 column of the Calcutta Statesman newspaper. He mistakenly wrote Met-Tah Kangmi as Metoh-Kangmi, and the newspaper then changed it to Metch Kangmi. The name gained notoriety and led to a boom of expeditions. A yeti was first sighted by the Western world in 1921 by Lieutenant Colonel C. K. Howard Bury and his team. They saw the creature on a twenty-thousand-foot snow field on the Tibetan side of the mountains. They seem to live in stream filled valleys and use snowy areas simply to travel, leaving large footprints in the snow. The Yeti is described as a hairy hominid often sighted as a dark figure contrasted against the snow. The depictions of a white furred Yeti are inaccurate and purely pop culture. It is thought to have large arms that reach down to its knees. There are actually believed to be three distinct forms of Yeti.

Citations:

Coleman, Loren, and Clark, Jerome. Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia Of Loch Monsters Sasquatch Chupacabras And Other Authentic M. United States, Touchstone, 2013.