Yeti Part 3

Astonishing Legends

Scott Philbrook

History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2017

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Like so many cryptid mysteries, what one realizes is that the deeper you search for the answer of what the creature might be, you find what it represents is so much more than just a singular beast. Such was the discovery of tonight's guest, Professor Daniel C. Taylor, PhD., author of Yeti: The Ecology of a Mystery. Dr. Taylor has spent 60 years of his life on a quest to solve the mystery of the Yeti, and that process has ultimately led to the foundation of a worldwide network and university dedicated to preserving not only the culture and ecology of the Himalayan region and beyond but it has also become a force for social change and preservation in other sensitive areas of the planet. But, if you just want to know if the Yeti is real or a legend, then consider the words of Dr. Taylor: "a legend doesn't leave footprints." The Yeti's prominence in the daily life of the peoples who inhabit the Himalayas makes it very real, and not just in a spiritual and cultural context. If you believe the Yeti exists, but just want to know what it is, you'll find that the question is lacking and that the answer indeed has more to do with the ecology of a mystery.

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0:00.0	This week's episode of Estonishing Legends is brought to you by Blue Apron,
0:02.9	eHarmony, the great courses plus, and our contributors at patreon.com.
0:07.7	It's time for the final part of our series on the Yeti.
0:10.8	Last week in Part 2, we covered more of the legends and lore surrounding this beast,
0:15.1	including its connections to local religious beliefs.
0:18.4	We shared the story of the missing Estonishing Pangboce Yeti hand,
0:22.4	a finger of which was smuggled out of the country by none other than Jimmy Stewart and his wife,
0:27.2	Gloria.
0:28.4	Tonight we dive hard into one of the most thorough investigations into what the Yeti is that
0:33.6	anyone has ever done. The 60-year search undertaken by a man who grew up in the Himalayan region
0:40.4	and became fascinated with the creature at a very young age when he first saw the Shipton footprint.
0:46.1	His book Yeti, the ecology of a mystery, details a search that is so much more than a journey
0:52.1	to find the cryptid that left that footprint.
0:55.3	It's the journey of his life and there's so much more to it than the relationship between him
0:59.8	and this creature. Through his efforts to determine what and where it was,
1:04.5	he became one of the leading conservationists of the Himalayan range,
1:08.2	sparking new methods of protection for the land that were adopted by nearly every country
1:12.6	those majestic mountains are part of. We don't always get to say this with things we investigate,
1:18.8	but when tonight's show is done, you will know what made the iconic Shipton footprint.
1:24.4	But you will also come to realize that the Yeti is so much more than just that footprint,
1:30.4	or the creature that made it.
1:47.1	Welcome back to Estonishing Legends. I'm Scott Philbrook and this is Forrest Burgess.
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