Case file · Cryptid
Waddell's footprints in Sikkim
Army surgeon Laurence Waddell found large footprints in the snow of north-east Sikkim in 1889, which his guides said belonged to a hairy wild man.
1889 CE · 27.90, 88.60 · status: explained
The account
In 'Among the Himalayas' (1899) Waddell wrote that the tracks crossed the snow at about 5,200 m and that local people told of the creature. He concluded they were made by a large yellow bear.