Mande Barung - On the trail of the 'Indian yeti'

By Alastair Lawson
BBC News, Meghalaya
SOURCE:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...7457894.stm


In the US it's known as bigfoot, in Canada as sasquatch, in Brazil as mapinguary, in Australia as a yowie, in Indonesia as sajarang gigi and, most famously of all, in Nepal as a yeti.

The little known Indian version of this legendary ape-like creature is called mande barung - or forest man - and is reputed to live in the remote West Garo hills of the north-eastern state of Meghalaya.

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