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Cradled within the arms of the rivers Ganges and Branmaputra to the south...

... and the mysterious plateau of Tibet to the north...

... majestically stands the mightiest mountain range on the face of the earth.

The Himalayas.

This is the story of an expedition to this rugged barrier.

Not to settle on its windswept towering heights...

... but to find and study plant life...

... which had heretofore been unknown or inaccessible.

This is the story of that mission.

Of how a small group of people found themselves in pursuit of a crude and primitive civilization...

... which once only existed as a figment of the imagination.

Starting from Los Angeles, California...

... and after careful study of the region...

... the first leg of the expedition took me to Bombay, India.

From there I proceeded to the town of Shekar...

... the last settlement before entering the wilderness of rock and ice.

There I selected Sherpa natives to serve as porters.

My name is Parrish.

Dr. Frank Parrish.

By profession, I am a botanist, working for the Corey Foundation.

To record the visual log of our expedition, I engaged Peter Wells...

... well-qualified to serve as a photographer.

As our guide, I hired Subra, the only English- speaking Sherpa acquainted with the terrain.

Only the most essential equipment was selected and distributed among the members of our party.

All preparations completed and everything on schedule...

... at noon on June 14th, we set out to strike at the mountain.

Subra's young wife Tala and his brother Leva accompanied us to the foot of the mountain...

... before saying goodbye.

The first days were uneventful, monotonous and tedious.

But as we moved onto higher regions, the terrain became more rugged and difficult.

Wells and I kept up with the Sherpas...

... who were much like human mules under the weight of our heavy supplies.

We continued on to a height of ten thousand feet above sea level...

... where I wanted to commence my work.

At last came the day we reached the plateau region.

Subra, have your men pitch the tents.

Up to this point, having established only temporary camps...

... everyone was eager for our first hot meal.

Camp One was now well-established.

Except for a variety of common moths and crucifer flower...

... we found little of interest.

But we decided to comb the area more thoroughly for the next few days.

How about a shot?

No, thanks.

Excuse me, Mr. Doctor. Everything alright?

Everything's fine, Subra. Thank you.

Alcohol good?

It's fine.

Here, help yourself.

- Thank you, Mr. Doctor Wells. - I'm no doctor.

Want anything?

No, thank you, Subra. I'll see you later.

I fix nice hot supper.

A wonderful tonic. It warms up the gizzards.

You'll find out when you pickle your gizzard.

Wells, I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't hand out that stuff to any of the men and...

Don't drink in their presence, understand?

Okay. Suits me.

Shekar, come in.

Come in, Shekar.

It's Dr. Parrish.

This is Shekar. Yes, doctor.

Let me speak to an Inspector Karma, please.

Will get Inspector Karma.

That night all seemed well in the town of Shekar.

Mr. Doctor.

Mr. Doctor!

Oh, Subra, what is it?

Yeti. Yeti, Mr. Doctor.

- Yeti! - What's all the noise?

It's my brother Leva. He come with four men.

They've followed us all the way up here? What do they want?

Brother say Yeti steal my woman, Tala.

- We need go after Yeti. - Yeti, Yeti, what is this?

Yeti, creature of snow. Snow giant!

Oh, you mean the abominable snowman, the phantom of the Himalayas.

Marauder of women.

We go after Yeti, find him.

Oh, the newspapers and magazines have carried stories about it from time to time.

Yeah, the Sherpas have built this creature into a horror story.

This isn't a hunting party. Thousands of dollars have been spent to finance this expedition.

And he wants to chase a legend.

- Mr. Doctor, Yeti real, Mr. Doctor. - No one's ever seen one.

Oh, I know people have brought back stories about these semi-humans.

Oh, the whole thing sounds fantastic.

Let us leave. Yeti steal Tala!

I'm sorry, Subra. Have your brother and his men join us if they want to.

But we have other work to do.

Because of my decision, I felt that Subra resented and disliked me.

What do you think's going on out there?

Well, it sounds like Subra trying to be very important.

I better find out.

Subra!

Subra!

Well?

I don't know what they're up to.

What do you mean?

Subra, I want to talk to you.

Talk.

What's the meaning of this? I gave no order to break camp.

- We move. - I'll tell you when to move.

We move now.

Subra, what's come over you?

You sent some of our men away, didn't you?

Only four of our men.

Other four belong Brother Leva.

I'm concerned with our men. Now get them back!

They look this side of mountain. We look the other side.

For Yeti.

I'll shoot any man who doesn't obey.

You no can shoot.

Empty! They've taken our cartridges!

Subra, this is mutiny.

Subra take guns.

Alright. Where do you intend to look for this creature?

Everybody look rocky valley legend.

Why, that's ridiculous. This party's not equipped for that kind of thing.

Subra no care.

Well, you might as well let them go. There's no point in our following them along.

We might as well go back.

- Turn back? - No can find the way.

We move now.

Well, I think I need a drink.

Yeah, you'll need more than that.

Wait a minute.

Forgot about the radio.

By Jove, that's an idea.

Get packed! We move right away.

Come on. Come on!

Whether Wells and I liked it or not, we had no alternative but to follow along.

Take it easy, Wells.

Wait a minute.

Did you hear something?

No, it's just the ruddy wind.

I think this is it.

Give me some light.

Oh, it's my Scotch!

Nevermind that now.

There it is.

Let's hope they haven't been monkeying with it.

It looks alright.

Wait a minute.

It's okay. Go ahead.

Shekar, come in.

Come in, Shekar.

Shekar, come in.

Shekar, come in.

Subra!

Subra only want to kill radio machine.

Where is Scotch?

- No, wait a minute. That's my personal property! - Take it easy, Wells!

Subra like alcohol.

Mr. Doctor, get out, go sleep now.

- Big walk tomorrow. - If you do --

Take it easy, you two. Come on.

Come on!

Well...

No radio, no nothing.

I'll get it to work.

- We'll get the Shekar police. - Oh, I hope so.

Wells, have yourself a nightcap.

I'll be right back.

Oh, thanks, old boy. I will.

I found that the radio could be repaired.

Wells' case of Scotch gave me an idea.

What was that?

I didn't hear anything.

There it is again.

Oh, it's just the wind.

The altitude's getting on your nerves.

My nerves are alright.

I better take a look.

We move now!

Don't you think you had enough last night?

Come on!

Mr. Doctor, we leave now.

The Yeti. Yeti go up there.

We track, follow steps.

Subra, aren't you forgetting something?

No want men to have radio machine.

It's dead.

Lost the trail.

Yeti no stop here. We go up.

Even Subra could not fight the darkness.

At sundown, he ordered the men to make camp.

I still think it was a pretty mean trick...

... leaving my tonic behind.

The tubes were alright, but the wires are broken.

Oh, now you find out, after depriving me of my...

Wait a minute!

Alright, go ahead.

He's dead.

I couldn't rest.

A legend, the abduction of Subra's wife...

... the footprints...

... the death of a native.

All these things began to fall into a mysterious pattern.

It looks like it's over.

We were lucky!

I'll say we were.

We rest here.

You know... this altitude's beginning to get me.

We're getting pretty high up.

We'll probably be needing oxygen soon.

Storm come. Need to find shelter.

Sky dark.

Look over there.

Cave.

How long will it take us to get down there?

One hour.

Maybe two.

Lucky thing for us we found this place.

Yeah, it would've been impossible in the tents with this weather.

Subra.

Yes?

Come here a minute.

You know, you could be a very famous man.

- Oh, yes? - Yeah.

If we did find this Yeti and brought him back to America alive.

Sir, we only want to kill Yeti.

Suppose you did kill one.

How would you know it's the one you're after?

If there's one Yeti, there must be a whole civilization, or a whole tribe of them.

So we kill all Yeti. Subra no care.

Well, how far up do you intend to go?

To the top of Everest or Anapurna?

Maybe yes.

Where are these creatures?

Why has no one ever seen one?

Yeti, him hide when smell human.

But Yeti come low country when want to steal woman.

Always want to steal woman.

We go until we find Yeti.

I think we go sleep now.

Move over, McDuff.

It's too bad.

What's too bad?

I tried to get to that radio, but it's in one of the Sherpa's packs.

Well, we'll just have to wait until we see a better opportunity.

Yeah.

Right now, I'm going to forget it and go to bed.

What is it, Subra?

This gold collar, my woman.

Tala!

Tala!

Yeti bring Tala here.

We go find Tala!

Tala!

I realized that the snow creature was not just a legend.

I consoled myself to the thought that finding one...

... would more than compensate for my failure as a botanist.

Subra was a man possessed.

He split the party, ordering the men to search the tunnels.

And to meet at the entrance to the cave.

Tala!

You know, this place gives me the creeps.

Well, it's not the most cheerful place in the world.

It's only an animal of some kind.

Subra!

What is it?

Let's go.

Yeti!

No!

Tala! Tala!

He's only stunned.

He's not dead.

Alright, give me that.

Now give him a highboard to keep him quiet.

Get a tarpaulin. We'll carry him in that.

Go on.

We found that the female and child of the snow creature had been killed by the cave-in.

We held Subra and led him at gunpoint.

And ordered them to carry the creature back to the entrance of the cave...

... to meet the rest of the Sherpas.

Subra, tell your men to put up their hands.

Wells, get that gun.

One false move and I'll shoot.

Tell that man to put the radio down.

I'll try to get the check on police.

Unable to establish contact with Shekar, we started down...

... determined to bring the creature back alive.

Wells and I took turns watching to make certain that nothing went wrong.

Wells, get the highboard!

We managed to keep the creature in a semi-conscious state...

... allowing him to come to only enough to take food.

So on the fifth day, we reached the lowland region.

On the seventh day, as we were nearing the town of Shekar...

... I decided to herd the natives straight to the police.

Corey Foundation, Los Angeles, California.

Right. Whom did you wish to speak with?

Mr. Corey Jr.

Corey Jr.

As I said, your foundation was granted permission to explore the Himalayas.

Your discovery is of a very unusual nature.

But it belongs to you, and you are free to do with it as you wish.

The inspector kept repeating how friendly his country was...

... and how it welcomed scientists, explorers, and so on.

I'm sure you will accept my government's apologies.

And the natives will be held in custody here for taking the law into their own hands.

Well, thank you.

By the way, can I keep the creature here until I can arrange for his transportation?

- Of course. - Of course, he'll have to be fed.

And could you give him an injection every six hours?

Yes. We shall do that.

Oh, by the way, your guide wishes to speak with you.

- Subra? - Yes.

Well, send him in.

- Mr. Doctor. - Subra!

Subra no understand law. No can say. If this Yeti steal my woman, nobody know.

Inspector Karma, I won't prefer charges against these people.

- Thank you, Mr. Doctor. Thank you! - Oh, forget it, forget it.

Your telephone call. Will you take it in the next room?

Oh, fine. Come on, Wells.

Yes, that's the idea.

And please send the refrigerator unit as quickly as possible.

Fine, fine.

I'm leaving for Bombay immediately to take care of all the arrangements.

You can reach me there, let's see...

In care of the TWA office.

Well, good.

Oh, would you please call my wife and tell her I'll be home soon?

Good, thank you.

They're sending us a refrigerator unit to transport the creature in.

An air-conditioned affair.

What's the matter with you?

Well, I don't like this whole thing.

What do you mean?

Well, it's just this.

I could get two or three thousand pounds for that photograph I took.

And we should split that money between us.

As far as the creature's concerned, well, we should sell him and then --

The photograph, do what you want with it.

As for the creature, he's going to the Corey Foundation, where he belongs.

You've just got no business sense.

An opportunity like this comes once in a lifetime and you don't --

Did your telephone call come out alright?

Oh, yes, thank you. Clear as a bell.

I have to leave for Bombay right away, but I'll be back in a few days.

Would you see that nobody comes near the creature? Including Mr. Wells.

According to this cable, your temperature- controlled unit...

... should be here on our cargo flight at 8:40 this evening.

Now, the cable says to handle it with the utmost care.

Yes, it's very delicate. We'll have to rush it to Shekar.

I've already made all the arrangements to send it and the documents to you.

And we'll take care of all other formalities.

Thank you very much.

We followed your instructions. The injections worked fine.

Here he is.

Thank you.

Let's see. The base unit will keep the mortar running en route.

This is the temperature control.

And the self-contained oxygen unit.

Food traps.

Oh, yes, the food trap.

You old Americans!

Manufacturing a contraption like this on a phone call.

Well, I better get going.

Thank you very much, Inspector Karma.

Have a good trip back to California.

Hello, Frank!

Darling!

Hello, Mr. Corey. Glad to see you. How are you?

Well, instead of flowers, I brought you a Yeti. That's what the natives call him.

Well, where is he now?

Well, he should be here. I sent him ahead on a cargo plane.

- Really? - Which one of you is Dr. Parrish?

I am.

Hold onto the pretty girl, doctor, and give us a big smile.

- Thank you. - I'm from The Chronicle, doctor.

Well, just a minute. I just got here. I haven't even talked to my wife!

Now, gentlemen, you can reach Dr. Parrish at the foundation later.

'Dr. Frank Parrish, Dr. Frank Parrish.'

'Please report to the Customs warehouse.'

- Which way is it? - Well, it's easy enough to find out. Come on.

Excuse me, gentlemen. I'll talk to you later.

Well, there it is, darling.

Mr. Corey, what do you think of it?

Amazing! Absolutely amazing!

I see where you classify your import as a snow creature.

That's right.

Well, it's necessary that we clarify its immigration status.

Immigration status?

I don't understand.

Well, the question is, is it a beast or a man?

Well, he's not human if that's what you mean.

- Do you know Mr. Peter Wells? - Why, yes, he's my photographer.

This article came to our attention.

Mr. Wells refers to your discovery as a 'snow man'.

Well, that's ridiculous!

Wells is a photographer. He's reaching for sensational

This creature is definitely not human.

Mr. Fleet, certainly your department isn't going to take this photographer's work literally!

Well, this is a very unusual case.

This is a very unusual find.

Do you realize what this means to science?

That's why our department was interested enough to contact a prominent anthropologist...

... Dr. Louis Dupont.

Dr. Dupont?

Of course. I've heard of him. He should be well-qualified to substantiate Dr. Parrish.

Unfortunately, he can't be here til seven o'clock tonight.

You all be in my office at seven o'clock.

Of course.

This will have to stay in the warehouse until then.

We've studied the instructions on the refrigerator It will be properly connected.

Well, I guess it will just have to wait.

We'll see you at seven.

Come on, darling.

What an unusual specimen!

The department's main interest is to classify this specimen, as you call it, as not being human.

- Dr. Parrish! - Yes, may I?

- Of course. - I'm a little early.

Well, that's alright. Dr. Parrish, Dr. Dupont.

- Oh, how do you do? - How do you do, doctor?

- Has Mr. Corey been here? - Not yet.

- Won't you sit down? - Why, thank you.

- Cigarette? - Thank you.

What an unusual find for a botanist to make!

Yes, it is.

And you say you also saw a female?

And a child?

That's right.

Have you seen the specimen I brought back?

No, not yet.

Well, we will as soon as Mr. Corey arrives. He called and he should be here any minute.

I have said this creature is not human.

I didn't say he was.

I have to determine whether his brain is a calculating brain.

And from that, narrow down all the theories.

We must have one definite classification.

From what we know of, shall I say, these snow creatures, they have been a legend!

We have seen abstract drawings and heard stories of these nomads, but...

... they were always associated with human traits!

Excuse me.

Fleet speaking.

What? How?

We'll be right over.

- The creature has escaped. - What?

Let's get over to the warehouse.

He started to move in that thing, then he started to shake it, and it fell.

He got out and I started to run for my life.

A sight I'll never forget.

He come at me and I --

Mr. Fleet?

- I'm Mr. Fleet. - I'm Lieutenant Dunbar, Police.

This is Dr. Dupont, this is Dr. Parrish.

What's this all about?

You'll have to give us a description.

- Right. - Where's the phone?

Right over there.

Come on, doctor. You can give it to the department firsthand.

That's all, Evans. Send it out right away.

Would you come with me a moment, doctor?

Certainly.

- Quite extraordinary, doctor. - Right.

'Car 61. Come in, Lieutenant Dunbar.'

'Car 61. Come in, Lieutenant Dunbar.'

Dunbar, go ahead.

'Body of a girl found in the alley back of 1220 Coe Street.'

'Repeat. In alley back of 1220 Coe Street. Over.'

Got it. Out.

- You hear that, doctor? - I better come along.

- I think you'd better. - Oh, Mr. Fleet!

When Mr. Corey gets here, brief him on everything, will you?

I'll see you later!

- Hello, Lieutenant. - What you doing, Richards?

I thought you were through for the day.

Looked that way, didn't it?

- Any news from my wife? - Not yet. Mother-in-law's still with her.

Something wrong?

My wife and I are having a baby, that's all.

Oh, is that all?

This way.

Oh, thank you Charly.

Now, let's see.

This is the warehouse.

Over there's Coe Street, where the girl was killed.

The distance from here to here is about three miles.

Yeah, go on.

Well, it's strange to me that nobody reported seeing him...

... from the time he left the warehouse til he arrived at Coe Street.

It was late. Hardly anybody on the street.

I guess so.

He's got to be stopped.

Stopped, Lieutenant, but not killed.

Is there something else you can tell us about him, doctor?

His mentality, his habits, something?

Well, he's acclimated to a high altitude, low temperature.

We know all that.

Send out this bulletin to all radio stations and newspapers.

Tell everyone to stay off the streets and remain calm.

That goes for everybody.

Right.

Well, what do we do now?

There's nothing we can do, except wait for him to show up again.

'Attention all citizens. This is an urgent public service bulletin from your police department.'

'A dangerous killer beast is at large.'

'You are asked to remain indoors.'

'This is an urgent public service bulletin to all citizens.'

'A dangerous killer beast is at large.'

Don't! Don't! Don't do it, please!

- Don't. - Now get out of here!

Please. You don't understand. Give me a chance to explain, please.

- I'm sick of listening to your words. - But please!

Now you stay away from me. And if I never see you again, it'll be too soon!

- Now get out of here! - But --

Got it. Who's on the job?

Right.

He showed up again. - Where?

He chased a girl, near an all-night pharmacy.

Let's see. He started here.

Then he appeared here.

And now, right here, the pharmacy. He's got to be within that triangle.

Instruct all units in Sectors 15 and 16 to converge at Area 11.

Right.

How about some more coffee, doctor?

Yeah, yeah.

Charlie, you got any more coffee?

Police!

Help! Police!

Why don't you go to bed? It's getting very late.

Okay, I'll try to check with you later. Goodbye, dear.

Thanks, Lieutenant.

Now, what's the matter?

Now you've got two reasons to face the coroner.

Yes?

But that's impossible! We've got that whole areas swarming with men!

Are you sure?

Right.

What is it? What happened?

This whole thing is cockeyed!

These are the three areas.

Logically then, the force should be in here.

But it isn't! He was just spotted at a meat-packing house, way out here.

Well, how did he get out of that area? It's been covered by the police.

That's the sixty-four dollar question.

It's a distance of almost seven miles.

And nobody's seen him from there to there.

That's right.

Only two ways that this thing could get around.

Walking and flying, and he hasn't got wings.

Any normal person would hide out at a hotel or anyplace.

This is a white elephant. Any three-year-old child could spot him.

The question is, how does he cover seven miles without being seen?

Just an idea, Lieutenant, but I think I've got something.

What is it?

- Storm drains. - I don't get it.

Some of those openings are big enough for two men to crawl into.

You mean the catch basins?

I think you've got something there, doctor.

Get me the city engineer at his home.

What's the guy's name? Edwards, that's it. Edwards.

Department of Public Works is right around the corner.

So wake him up.

The drains in the sewer system of the city are a lot cooler than the external temperature.

I told you the creature had intuitive powers. He could have sensed the colder temperature.

And that would explain why he was never seen from jump to jump.

Do you have a complete chart of the storm drains?

Lieutenant, there are forty-eight hundred miles of storm drains under this city.

We've got lots of charts.

How about the east end?

Yeah.

- Cigarette? - No, thanks.

You know, doctor, if there are drains connecting these areas, we've got something to work on.

There we are, Lieutenant.

That's the area, right there.

Here are the stops, doctor, right along the drain lines.

- Can I take this with me? - Yes.

Thanks, Edwards.

- Sorry to wake you. - Oh, that's alright, Lieutenant.

Think nothing of it. Anything for the police department.

- ... looking out... - Richards, get eight men. Issue the works.

Walkie-talkies, lamps, rubber boots, and so on.

Right, Lieutenant.

The first detail, we'll start here at Eleventh and Grand, near the warehouse.

The second at Coe Street, where the girl was found.

Coe.

Dr. Parrish, myself, and a couple officers will start here at the pharmacy.

The first detail will work to the north, second to the south...

... and we work eastward.

Plan within the hour that we should all meet right here.

- Got it? - Check.

- Hurry it up. - Alright, darling.

- Oh, Lieutenant, can we take a net along? - Sure. Hey, Richards!

- Get a big net and some poles to go with it. - Right.

And leave word where I'll be in case the hospital calls.

Yes, Lieutenant.

Let's go.

Just a minute.

Lynch?

- Lynch? - 'Yes, Lieutenant.'

Can you make out anything?

'Not yet, Lieutenant.'

'Proceeding south, according to plan. Over.'

How about you, Roberts? Anything happen at your end?

'Not yet, Lieutenant.'

Stay in contact.

Thanks to them for bringing the net.

We haven't got him yet, doctor.

Hold it!

Let me check this.

I never noticed that tunnel over there before.

It intersects this drain and empties into the main drain center.

You two take it.

We'll go this way.

There he is!

Look out!

He went up the tunnel a little bit.

Seems to be alright.

Now that we know he's in here, let's see where this tunnel leads to.

Let's see. We're at East Entrance 7.

It winds around and comes out East Entrance 8.

We'll have them put the net up at East Entrance 8.

Right.

Lynch...

- Lynch! - That you, Lieutenant?

Put the net up over East Entrance 8.

- Will do, Lieutenant. - Right.

Loosen his collar and take him out into the main tunnel.

Nice shot, boy.

- We'll do as you say, doctor. - Yeah.

I'll have Dr. Dupont give you instructions where to send the body.

'Come in, Car 61.'

Stand by.

- 'That you, Lieutenant?' - Yeah, we just finished the job. What is it?

'Very urgent call. Proceed immediately to Crescent and Elm. Urgent. Over.'

Who gave that order? Don't you know what time it is?

'I don't know, but there's a creature waiting for you.'

'Eight pounds, three ounces. A boy, Lieutenant.'

'Mother and son are doing fine.'

'Congratulations, Pop.'

Thanks a lot, Vince. Thanks a lot.

Thank you. Out.

Well, I guess that's it. Good luck.

- I guess I'd better be going. - I guess you had!

Come on, doctor, I'll drop you off on the way.

Oh, no, no. You haven't got time.

Sure, I have. Come on.

Alright. My wife must be pretty worried by now.

Say, doctor. What's your first name?

Frank.

Maybe I'll name my kid Frank.

Frank Dunbar, it sounds great.

Thanks.

I don't know. I'm not too sure I like it.