Stories about little-known creatures existing in the wild like Sasquatch have been around in the media since Nessie was first spotted and photographed in Loch Ness in 1934. Known collectively by science as "cryptids", they are animals which may exist somewhere in the wild but are not recognized by science for lack of substantial evidence.
The Abominable Snowman, called Yeti in Asia, is just one such creature that legends have sprung up around for decades. This story from the first issue of the men's adventure magazine, RAGE (September, 1960) tells the tale of an encounter with a Yeti in the Himalayas by a so-called "reliable". Sherpa. Whether real or not, it's still rather . . . adventurous.
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BONUS! What's a men's adventure mag without a pinup? The "Rage Girl" for this issue was the delightful Betty Brosmer, wife of famous bodybuilder, Joe Weider, who flooded comic book pages with his ads. Miss Brosmer was a bodybuilder herself (gee, I have a hard time telling!) and one of the most photographed models of her time.
That's one hair-raising story, and I was surprised at the relative inability of our narrator to affect the outcome. The writer does a decent job of making the Yeti at once an animal and a ghostly figure.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was fairly good, too, considering the source.
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