KATHMANDU: Nepal Army (NA) has dismissed the claims by the Indian Army that footprints seen near the Makalu Base Camp could belong to the mythical creature Yeti, according to The Hindustan Times.
The newspaper quoting Nepal Army spokesperson, Brigadier General Bigyan Dev Pandey, said that a Nepal Army liaison team was with the team of the Indian Army when the footprints were spotted.
Locals and porters claimed that the footprints belonged to a wild bear, not a Yeti, according to Brigadier Pandey.
Stating that the NA tried to ascertain the fact, locals claimed that the footprints were of wild bear that frequently appear in that area.
It should be recalled that the Indian Army on Monday night posted some photos of large footprints spotted near Nepal’s Makalu Base Camp on Twitter.
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