&lt;div class=&quot;track&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.22.2/12531?ns=guardian&amp;pageName=Pass+notes+No+3%2C059%3A+the+yeti%3AArticle%3A1646210&amp;ch=From+the+Guardian&amp;c3=Guardian&amp;c4=Science%2CZoology%2CBiology%2CEurope%2CWorld+news%2CRussia+%28News%29&amp;c5=Unclassified%2CNot+commercially+useful&amp;c6=&amp;c7=11-Oct-11&amp;c8=1646210&amp;c9=Article&amp;c10=Feature&amp;c11=From+the+Guardian&amp;c13=Pass+notes+%28series%29&amp;c25=&amp;c30=content&amp;h2=GU%2FFrom+the+Guardian%2FZoology&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;standfirst&quot;&gt;Everything you need to know about the abominable snowperson&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Age:&lt;/strong&gt; Oh ancient, probably.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Appearance:&lt;/strong&gt; Well that&#039;s the thing. Some say it&#039;s very shy. In Nepal, they&amp;nbsp;believe it only comes out at night&amp;nbsp;time. It has been glimpsed fleetingly when &hellip;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. I mean, what does it look like&lt;/strong&gt;? Hairy. Flipping hairy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This would be the Abominable Snowman, I presume?&lt;/strong&gt; Snowperson, yes. There are legends of these elusive hominids all over the world. And now a Siberian expedition claims to have found &quot;irrefutable evidence&quot; of the creature&#039;s existence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wow! They&#039;ll have captured one alive then. &lt;/strong&gt;Ah. No, slightly more refutable than that. They&#039;ve found some smudgy footprints, a pile of twigs that they think is a yeti&#039;s bed, and &quot;several hairs that might belong to the yeti&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Well, I&#039;m convinced.&lt;/strong&gt; So is Igor Burtsev. &quot;We are on the brink of finding the yeti at long last,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That&#039;s nice. I&#039;m on the brink of winning the Booker prize. &lt;/strong&gt;You scoff, but Burtsev is head of the International Center of Hominology. It hosted an international conference in the Russian town of Tashtagol, where the findings were announced.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So a group of yeti enthusiasts think the yeti exists? &lt;/strong&gt;They do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But they can&#039;t prove it?&lt;/strong&gt; They can&#039;t.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You see where I&#039;m going with this? &lt;/strong&gt;I do. But don&#039;t dismiss them. One delegate, Liliya Zenkova, claims she had direct contact with a yeti when she&amp;nbsp;was asleep in her car. &quot;I felt my right hand being caressed,&quot; she told&amp;nbsp;the Sun. &quot;I knew it couldn&#039;t be my&amp;nbsp;husband &ndash; it was so gentle with such soft hair.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Too much information, maybe? &lt;/strong&gt;Maybe. Others talked about the creatures&#039; long arms, short neck and piercing shriek.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wait a minute! A hairy loud-mouthed giant sometimes seen wandering the Himalayas? This is Brian Blessed, surely?&lt;/strong&gt; An interesting theory. You must present a paper at the ICH&#039;s next conference.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do say: &quot;&lt;/strong&gt;Look! I bet that puddle&#039;s made of yeti wee!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don&#039;t say:&lt;/strong&gt; &quot;We&#039;ll never hear the end of this if they actually find one &hellip;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;related&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/zoology&quot;&gt;Zoology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/biology&quot;&gt;Biology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/europe-news&quot;&gt;Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/russia&quot;&gt;Russia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;terms&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk&quot;&gt;guardian.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; &amp;copy; 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our &lt;a href=&quot;http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html&quot;&gt;Terms &amp; Conditions&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/feeds&quot;&gt;More Feeds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;clear:both&quot; /&gt;