'Abominable Snowmen' Really Saints Says Missionary Returned From Tibet
"Naturally, when they
walk with their bare feet on
the snow, the snow melts
around the print, making it
larger," he said. "Then this
print freeezs and leads people
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to believe they are made by
giants."
He said the recluses have
no more hair than normal.
though they are very thin
from fasting, live on strange
plants and do seem to have
powers that allow them to
roam the mountains stark
naked in below-freezing tem
peratures without apparent
ill-effects.
Curing of People
He referred to them as
"saints" in the areas they in
habit. When they visit villag
es they wear a loin cloth.
As for the huge footprints
"The one I met spoke tht
native dialect and a little
Chinese. He was the son of a
blacksmith," trie priest said.
A missionary priest back from
13 years in the high Hima
layas said yesterday the legen
dary abominable snowmen of
the area actually are religious
recluses dedicated to curing
human ills.
The Reverend Father Franz
Eichinger, who lived at a Ro
man Catholic mission during
his stay in the mountains,
said he met one of the her
"Their main calling is the
curing of people, particularly
children," the priest said.
of snowmen, Father Eiching
er said he believed the holy
men make them.
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mits and had photographs of
him
In an interview with Unit
ed Press International, the
priest scoffed at reports that
the "Abominable Snowmen'
are half-human, hairy beasts
whose only trace are huge
footprints in the snow. Stories
of such creatures, called "Ye
ti," have intrigued the world
for years and an American-
sponsored expedition current
ly is in the mountains of Ne
pal trying to find one. Rus
sian scientists have said they
believe in the existence of
Yeti.
'Highly Religious'
But Father Eichinger said
"these highly-religious her
mits are definitely what are
popularly known as Abomin
able Snowmen.
"Reports that these men
are responsible for acts of
cannibalism are absurd."
They are "just like normal
human beings," he said, al-
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