YETI FOOTPRINT PHOTOS COULD FETCH $ 8K

New York: A rare collection of 63- year- old photos depicting the supposed footprints of the mysterious Yeti, an ape- like cryptid believed to inhabit the Himalayas, could fetch up to $ 8,300 at an online auction. The photographs were taken by British mountaineer Eric Earle Shipton when he was leading an expedition on Mount Everest in 1951. He believed that the footprints might belong to a bipedal creature known as the Yeti. The photos sparked debate about the existence of Yeti, according to Christie’s, the auction house handling the online sale. Four of Shipton’s 12inch by 13- inch photographs will be sold to the highest bidder in a two- week- long online auction that began on August 27. —