Case file · Cryptid

The Pangboche hand

A mummified 'yeti hand' kept at Pangboche monastery, Nepal; in 1959 a finger was taken to London, reportedly smuggled in actor James Stewart's luggage.

1959 CE · 27.86, 86.79 · status: explained

The account

American explorer Peter Byrne, funded by Tom Slick, is said to have swapped a finger for a human one. The hand itself was stolen from the monastery in 1991. In 2011 the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh tested the London finger and found human DNA.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Pangboche Hand
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