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The Yeti Footprint Fooled the World for 70 Years — Then DNA Solved It

A grainy 1951 photograph near Everest launched a global legend, until a 2017 study tested nine 'yeti' samples and found six bears of one kind, three…

By Laxman Rawal · Sep 3, 2026

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Every guesthouse in the Khumbu has its own version of the story: a shaggy, upright shape seen crossing a moraine at dusk, a footprint too large and too human to belong to anything a guide recognises. The legend has a real starting point in the historical…

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What this means for trekkers

What this means for you The Yeti isn't why the Khumbu is worth the walk, but the animal behind the legend still is. Himalayan brown bears and Asian black bears are real, present, and occasionally active at exactly the altitudes the Everest Base Camp and…

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