Science | yeti Himalaya Adventurers Find 'Yeti Tracks' Traces aren't animal, experts say, 'look human' By Marie Morris Posted Oct 20, 2008 4:00 PM CDT Copied A Kashmiri rows a boat on Dal Lake in Srinagar, India, Feb. 19, 2008. Set in the Himalayas at 5,600 feet above sea level, Kashmir is a green, saucer-shaped valley surrounded by snowy mountain ranges. (Photo/ Dar Yasin) The legendary abominable snowman of the Himalayas remains camera-shy, but a Japanese team has made a breakthrough, discovering what the lead researcher says are yeti footprints. "Myself and other team members have been coming to the Himalayas for years and we can recognize bear, deer, wolf and snow leopard prints and it was none of those," Yoshiteru Takahashi told AFP upon his team's return from a 6-week mission. "The footprints were about 20 centimeters long and looked like a human's," he said of the 8-inch imprints. Read These Next A former NFL Pro Bowler has died at age 36. Backlash for Trump nominee who said he has 'a Nazi streak.' The massive AWS failure exposed a big problem with the internet. A man ended up dead after trying to steal from Spirit Halloween. Report an error