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Abominable Snowmen, by Ivan T. Sanderson, [1961], at sacred-texts.com


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Contents

FOREWORD

vii

1.

A Certain Unpleasantness

1

A Brief History of ABSMery

2.

Ubiquitous Woodsmen

22

Reports from Canada (1860 to 1920)

3.

Further Sasquatchery

46

More Reports from Canada (1920 to 1940)

4.

The Appearance of Bigfeet

65

Still More Reports from Canada (1940 to 1960)

5.

Footprints on the Sands of

81

Abominable Affairs in the U.S.

6.

In Our Own Backyard

111

Happenings in Northern California

7.

Late North Americans

135

Hyperbole from Our Northwest

8.

On the Tracks of

148

Affairs in Central and South America

9.

Africa-the "Darkest"

182

Some Rumors and Some Flat Statements

10.

The East-The "Mysterious"

209

Reports from Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula

11.

The Great Mix-Up

235

Things in the Indo-Chinese Peninsula

12.

Anyone For Everest?

255

ABSMs in the Himalaya and the Great Gutter

13.

The Western Approaches

281

Russian Findings in the Caucasus and Thereabouts

14.

The Eastern Horizon

306

Current Conditions on the Great Mongolian Uplands

15.

Some Obnoxious Items

329

The Physical Evidence for ABSMs

16.

Our Revered Ancestors

351

Established Fossil Apes and Men

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17.

In the Beginning

375

Myths, Legends, and Folklore

18.

Some Basic Facts

398

Some Basic Geography and Vegatology

19.

Sundry Objectionable Facts

421

An Analysis of Skepticism and Orthodoxy

20.

Certain Abominable Conclusions

436

More Analysis and Some Conclusions

APPENDICES:

Appendix A. ABSMal Connotations

453

The East Eurasian Philology of ABSMery

Appendix B. The Importance of Feet

463

An Ichnological Analysis of ABSMery

Appendix C. Where We Come In

477

A List of Primates and a Family Tree of the Anthropoids

Appendix D. Others Involved

479

The Larger Mammalian Fauna of the Himalayas and Tibet

Appendix E. Sir Edmund Hillary's Scalp

483

A News Story from Nepal

BIBLIOGRAPHY

491

p. xv

List of Maps

Map I.

Central Western North America

24

Map II.

British Columbia

48

Map III.

North America

82

Map IV.

Northern California

112

Map V.

Guatemala

150

Map VI.

Central and South America

168

Map VII.

Africa

184

Map VIII.

Malaya and Sumatra

210

Map IX.

Northern Orientalia (Political)

236

Map X.

East and South Orientalia

252

Map XI.

Orientalia

256

Map XII.

Eastern Eurasia

282

Map XIII.

The Old World

352

Map XIV.

The World

376

Map XV.

The World

400

Map XVI.

The World

418

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