A new Russian expedition is underway in efforts to gather proof of the Yeti. Just a month after former world heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev failed to find the creature, a new team of international scientists are gathering intelligence for their trek through the freezing Siberian landscape.
The Yeti sightings have been increasing as of lately in the Kemerovo region –a region of 3,000 miles that spans across four time zones– with more and more locals coming forward with enticing tales. The head of the ‘Yeti institute’ at Kemerovo State University is non other than Igor Burtsev. A well known and controversial figure in Cryptozoology. Burtsev has been studying hominids for years and has been transfixed on finding the Yeti, or its American cousin, Bigfoot. Probably the most controversial of his studies is his involvement with Janice Carter (A.K.A “The Bigfoot Lady”).
The teams believe that there might be up to 30 of these creatures living in the vast region and they are set on finding them. Just recently, a woman from Siberia had come forward to talk about her frightening account with a Yeti:
‘It was still a tall creature, but not giant. It was covered with long brown-grey hair, like a bear. It wasn’t a bear – I have lived all my life in Siberia and wouldn’t make that mistake. This creature walked like a human, or almost like a human.’
I know Mr. Burtsev has had a tumultuous career chasing the mythical creature. With criticism from the mainstream scientists and those in the Cryptozoology community, I’m rooting for the guy.
Igor Burtsev, the centre’s director, believes around 30 Yetis live in the Kuzbass coal mining area of Kemerovo, where villagers say they steal sheep and hens. He claims they are Neanderthals who have survived to this day.
The event comes after the most recent expedition to find the Yeti failed, despite the efforts of Russian heavyweight boxing champion Nikolai Valuyev, known as the ‘Beast from the East’.
‘Valuyev did not manage to meet the Yeti itself but on the way he discovered traces such as broken tree branches,’ said a local government spokesman.
‘By the time they reached the Azass cave, the expedition saw gigantic footprints.’
Not surprisingly, there has been a degree of scepticism over the latest hunt – not least from those who reckon it’s just an attempt to boost tourism in Kemerovo.
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