Sasquatch, A Walk-In?
Across The Dimensions...
Diego Antolini
30/04/2020 11:41:42
Sightings
of creatures halfway between man and ape have been part of human
history since the dawn of time. With the modern man, these sightings
took a different perspective as the difference between the two
species became more marked.
A
Meh-Teh
or
a Kangmi
of Central Asia could go unnoticed in remote times, not so much for
the appearance but rather for the way of living and the eating
habits, with the evolution of industry and technology bipedal
creatures covered with fur that walk bare feet among the frozen peaks
of the Himalayas, in the impenetrable forests of North America and
Canada, or in the midst of the marshes of Mato
Grosso,
they create at least curiosity.
The
first traces found on the ground are from the Himalayas peaks, where
Colonel Waddell was on a hunting trip. It was 1887.
In
1902 a group on twelve men on the border between Tibet and Sikkim
disappeared without trace. A
group of Indian military sent on the rescue found and killed a
semi-human creature which was sent at the closer Empire’s official
in charge, Sir Charles Bell. What
happened next never made it to the official archives or there is no
evidence left of it.
In
1920 an expedition on the Northern part of Mount Everest led by
Colonel C.K. Howard-Bury observed from the distance a group of
figures moving along the snowy peaks above them.
Once
they arrived there with great effort, they could only see gigantic
footprints (“three times that of a human being”, Colonel
Howard-Bury said.) The Sherpa guides immediately uttered the name of
“Metoh-Kangmi”
or, translated from the Tibetan, “The Human Creature” (Kangmi)
or “The living thing” (Meh-Teh),
which was further elaborated by the linguists into “A living thing
similar to human which is not a human being”. But at that time the
word “Metoh”
associated with “Kangmi”
which wasn’t a Tibetan but a Chinese word, was used colloquially to
indicate a “Snow creature”.
During
the transcription of the telegraphic message from Tibet to India the
word “Metoh”
was erroneously changed into “Metch”.
A certain Henry Newman, an expert journalist for the Calcutta
Statesman
was consulted to have an English translation of “Metch
Kangmi”.
Newman didn’t miss the chance and coined the term still used today
to describe the missing link between man and monkey: the Abominable
Snowman, or Yeti.
In
North America a similar creature was already known by the Western
native tribes of British Columbia: Quebec, Northwest Territories,
Yukon (Canada), Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Western California
(USA) by the names of Sasquatch
and Oh-Mah
(or “Bigfoot”).