The United States’ Cold War-Era rules for encountering a Yeti

The United States’ Cold War-Era rules for encountering a Yeti

“It must not be killed or shot at except in an emergency arising out of self-defense.” That was one of the U.S. State Department’s cardinal rules for American fortune seekers, proto-cryptozoologists and adventurers who were making the trek into the Himalayas and hoped to encounter the Abominable Snowman – also known as the Yeti.  The Yeti, like its legendary North American relative Bigfoot, is a mythical ape-like creature that many have claimed …