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Dzu-Teh
Dzu-Teh ― literally 'The Hulking Living Thing' ― is
a
Nepalese word for the
Himalayan Red Bear, that has been associated with
the Yeti
and Abominable Snowman phenomenon from
its early inception, due to the location of its habitat.
With regards to the Yeti
myth,
the Dzu-Teh ― alternatively known as Chuti ― is said to be a type of creature proportioned more like a gigantic
ape-man, unlike the smaller
Meh-teh
which is described as a hairy heavy-set man. Yet another alleged type of
Himalayan primate is called Teh-lma,
this time pygmy sized.
According
to reports, the Dzu-Teh is a real giant, very tall and bulky, with a
long, dark, shaggy coat, a flat head, and a beetling brow. It has long, powerful
arms and huge hands, and very humanlike feet that leave imprints like those of a
giant man, but clawed. These creatures are said to be able to stay for long
periods in the ruggedest country, and to be stock raiders. They are
rumored to have been seen innumerous times walking on all fours, looking almost
like a bear, perhaps the origins of the association with the
Himalayan Red Bear.
Locals say that the Dzu-Teh is not
found either in the
Hymalayas
or the
Southern Tibetan Rim, nor even in the
Nan Shans, but to be confined to the unnamed triangle between
these, upper
Indo-China, and the Chinese escarpment.
See Agogwe,
Abominable
Snowman, Almas, Sasquatch,
Yowie, Chemosit,
Chuchunaa,
Curupira, Higabon,
Kaki Besar, Maricoxi,
Bigfoot,
Mapinguary, Yeti,
Meh-teh, Nguoi Rung, 'X', Windigo,
Orang Pendek and Wildman of China.
Sources: (1)
Anderson, Ivan T.,
Abominable Snowmen: Legend
Come to Life,
Adventures Unlimited Press;
(2)
Wilson, Colin and Damon,
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of the Unsolved,
Carroll & Graf;
(3) Heuvelmans, Bernard,
On the Track of Unknown Animals,
Columbia
University Press;
(4) Wilson, Damon,
The Unexplained,
Scarlet Books; (5) Clark, Jerome,
Unexplained!,
Visible Ink Press.
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