article_snippet.sent: The first accounts of the Yeti emerged before the 19th century from Buddhists who believed that the creature inhabited the Himalayas .
article_snippet.sent: But I suppose either the yeti or the alma / almasty, which live in inaccessible and very thinly populated regions, is the most likely.'
article_snippet.sent: The first accounts of Yetis emerged before the 19th century from Buddhists who believed that the creature inhabited the Himalayas.
article_snippet.sent: The first accounts of Yetis depicted the mysterious beast as having similarities to an ape and carrying a large stone as a weapon while making a whistling sound.
article_snippet.sent: Popular interest in creature gathered pace in early 20th century as tourists began making tourists own trips to the region to try and capture the Yeti.
article_snippet.sent: Don Whillans heard some odd cries which British mountaineer Don Whillans guide attributed to a Yeti's call.
article_snippet.sent: In recent times, there have been more reported Yeti sightings and at a conference in Russia in 2011, scientists declared scientists were 95 per cent certain of the existence of Yetis.
article_snippet.sent: In 2013, a scientist claimed that Yeti was a distant relative of the polar bear, which is thought to have died out more than 40,000 years ago.