Sherpas are a Nepalese ethnic group, not just an occupation or a verb, like many people believe. According to CNN, the word translates to "people from the East." They're best known as the seemingly superhuman climbers that help others ascend Mount Everest.
But they have a rich culture and history, including the legend of the Yeti. According to the BBC, there are more than a few stories about Yetis, and what they are exactly. The generally accepted description of a Yeti is "an enormous, shaggy ape-man with huge feet and aggressive sabre-like teeth." It's said to reach about 6 feet tall, and produce footprints that are around 13 inches long.
One story says that a village of Sherpas were being tormented by a group of Yetis, so they decided to trick the Yetis into getting drunk and fighting each other. The surviving Yetis declared revenge, and moved up higher into the mountains, periodically coming down to terrorize the Sherpas.
Over the years, explorers have flocked to the Himalayas to try and find evidence of the beast. In 1921, a journalist named Henry Newman interviewed locals who told him about the existence of a "metoh-kangmi," which means "man-bear snow-man," according to LiveScience. Newman mistranslated the "metoh" part to mean "filthy," and he chose to use the word "abominable" instead. Thus, the Abominable Snowman was born.
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