Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tribesmen, Chi. News Conf. on Yeti scalp. SOF & Sil. Neg. Tr. 12503 12-13-60

Black and white outtakes of a press conference in Chicago with Sir Edmund Hillary and two other members of the expedition (including one of the local Nepalese Sherpas) that went to Nepal in 1960 to retrieve a yeti scalp. They show the press the scalp and discuss its history and the scientific research they will carry out to determine if it is genuine.; In the folklore of Nepal, the Yeti or Abominable Snowman is an ape-like creature taller than an average human that is said to inhabit the Himalayan and Siberian regions of East Asia. The scalp had been kept in a Nepalese temple and had been a venerated object for more than 200 years. Hillary was the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.