They found mysterious footprints in the Himalayas and claim that it is the "Yeti", a strange mythological creature.

The Indian army said to have found "Mysterious footprints" of the mythical Yeti, the big supposed beast who would live in the snows of the Himalayas. The information, which was shared on Twitter with several photos, burned social networks.

"For the first time, a mountain expedition team from the Indian Army has located the mysterious tracks of the mythical beast 'Yeti'. ( they measure 81 x 38 cm) on April 9, 2019, near the Makalu base camp "in the Himalayas," announced Monday evening the Indian Army Communication Service (ADG PI).

The publication was accompanied by four images, three of which fingerprints that for the army are the supposed steps of "the abominable" snowman ".

The fourth image of the publication shows twenty soldiers posing for the camera in an office, with a sign at the back indicating the height of Mount Makalu, 8,485 meters, the fifth highest in the world.

The army states in its statement that the "elusive snowman" it had been seen in this park only "in the past", without providing more details.

The publication of the Indian army was quickly shared in the social networks, where answers varied between mockery and trust in the army.

"Congratulations, we are proud of you, greetings to the Indian army mountain expedition team, but please, you are Indians, do not call the Yeti like a beast, show him respect. a snowman & # 39; ", launched the writer and alongside the Hindu extremist RSS Tarun Vijay.

"Could not there be a simpler explanation?", asked the writer Siddharth Singh, attaching pictures of snowshoes.

In 2007, a group of explorers from Nepal and the United States reported seeing traces of legendary monkey during an expedition on Everest.

Yeti is a legend that fed Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, many explorers since the first summit of Everest in 1953, claimed that they saw their footsteps on the slopes of the highest mountain in the world.

Considered a legendary being of the Tibetan and Nepali mythology, some experts connect him to a species of orangutan who lived in the Himalayas millions of yearsand others to a kind of bear.