It goes by many names, and it is seen all over the world.

In 1978, retired Air Force veteran George was on leave from the base.

He decided to go camping in the back of his truck.

One night while sitting in the back of the camper, he was awoken.

And then I was awoken by the truck shaking, side to side.

And then I looked through the rear window of the camper show,

and I saw this thing there.

You know, I didn't know what it was.

In Afghanistan, several high-ranking US officials

had met with a Taliban leader.

A hot shell like an older man, a contact,

a go-between, an indigenous person who had some juice in the area.

To lighten the mood, a sergeant asks the Taliban warlord

if he's ever seen a Yeti.

And the interpreter turned to the sergeant.

He was like, yes, of course he knows what you're talking about.

And what he ends up saying is like, yes, of course I've seen this thing

that you've talked about out here.

I grew up with this thing.

And I hate this thing.

We all hate this thing because when I was young,

we saw it all the time, and it would come,

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