Japanese team to search for abominable snowman

Associated Press
Aug. 7, 2003 07:46 AM


TOKYO - Seven Japanese climbers are beginning a hunt for the abominable snowman.

The climbers will spend six weeks in Nepal trying to capture images of the legendary humanlike creature.

The team has 15 sensor-activated cameras they'll set up in an area where climbers have reported seeing large human-like footprints.

An amateur scientists who's leading the group says he's certain the creature exists. He says he has seen the footprints on previous climbs and they don't belong to a bear. He believes it's some kind of primate.

The crew is made up of other climbers who have seen the footprints.

The expedition leaves Sunday.