Josh Gates: Is The Yeti Real?
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on September 9th, 2016
From press release:
Adventurer Josh Gates Embarks On An Epic Mission To Tackle The Age-Old Question: Is The Yeti Real?
‘Expedition Unknown: Hunt for the Yeti’ Premieres Wednesday, October 5 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT
NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Long before Bigfoot was a household name, there was Yeti – the so-called abominable snowman and legendary towering creature believed to roam the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas. For centuries, eyewitnesses have claimed run-ins with the infamous beast. But without conclusive evidence, the question remains: is the Yeti fact or folklore? In Travel Channel’s four-week special event, “Expedition Unknown: Hunt for the Yeti” beginning Wednesday, October 5 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, adventurer and explorer Josh Gates embarks on an epic and enthralling journey through Nepal and Bhutan, in search of the truth behind the legend. Is the abominable snowman out there? And if so, what is it?
“The Yeti story is especially personal to me, if it’s even possible to get personal with an elusive hairy monster!” says Gates, who also serves as an executive producer. “There have been so many firsthand accounts of the Yeti, and several years ago, I had my own encounter. I discovered an unusual set of footprints high in the Himalayas. It was an incredible and confounding find; we cast the print and donated it to the Yeti museum at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, where it’s now on display. The experience has never left me, and now I’m heading back into the mountains to determine what exactly left those tracks.”
Josh Gates hunts for the Yeti in an epic four-part investigation, “Expedition Unknown: Hunt for the Yeti.” Here, Gates searches for clues in the forests of Bhutan.
Relying on his wit, instinct, expert negotiation tactics and the latest stealth photo and video gadgets, Gates embarks on a high-altitude quest for evidence across the Himalayas. From the hidden caves of Nepal’s backcountry and the iconic slopes of Everest base camp to Bhutan’s mountainside monasteries and isolated forests, Gates joins renowned researchers, historians, mountaineers and local experts as he tracks Yeti sightings in hopes of finding the mysterious creature.
Want more Yeti? Head to TravelChannel.com for “Expedition Unknown: Hunt for the Yeti” show extras including behind-the-scenes photos, Yeti facts, on-location videos and travel tips from Josh Gates. Follow @TravelChannel and #ExpeditionUnknown for more exclusive content and updates. Follow host Josh Gates on Twitter: @joshuagates and on Instagram: @gatesygram.
“Expedition Unknown: Hunt for the Yeti” Teaser:
https://youtu.be/jbspKOiIBSg
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005.
I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films:
OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.
looks like it’ll be fun and interesting… 🙂
I’d bet against that, dconstruct. This is the same series that had him searching for a “lost Inca city”, but he turned back JUST WHEN HE REACHED THE FARTHEST POINT HIS GUIDES HAD YET BEEN. This was a deliberate, planned decision, with him saying that he had to resist the pull of the unknown lest he disappear like so many others have. The problem is, if you don’t look in places no one else has been, I can guarantee you won’t find a lost city no one else has seen. The whole “search” had been a more-than-usually transparent joke.
All the Josh Gates exploration programs are basically like that.
There’s another problem: Josh Gates is a prime example of an “ugly American”. Wherever he goes, he immediately looks for local food that will be off-putting to Americans and plays it up for laughs. It doesn’t matter that he eats the food; he is still mocking the local culture. If he can find some sort of oddball transportation, he makes the same mocking use of it.
I enjoy the show.