Indian Army's Yeti 'footprint' pictures cause online storm


  • World
  • Wednesday, 01 May 2019

Indian men measure large footprints in the snow, sighted by the Indian Army, near the Makalu Base Camp in the North-Eastern Himalayas, on April 9, 2019.PHOTO: AFP.

NEW DELHI (AFP): Pictures of a "Yeti footprint" the Indian Army posted on social media triggered a barrage of jokes on Tuesday (April 30).

"For the first time, an #IndianArmy Moutaineering Expedition Team has sited Mysterious Footprints of mythical beast 'Yeti'," an apparently serious - though misspelled - tweet on the army's official account said on Monday, alongside three images of prints in the snow.

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