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THE clearness of the tracks of the ‘Snowman’ shown in the photograph taken by Eric Shipton1 (Fig. 1) has enabled me to make a reconstruction of its foot (Fig. 2). This has been used to produce imprints in snow which show a great similarity to the natural tracks (Figs. 1 and 3), suggesting that the model is accurate.
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TSCHERNEZKY, W. A Reconstruction of the Foot of the ‘Abominable Snowman’. Nature 186, 496–497 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186496a0
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