| You think Cryptids do not exist in the Asian part of the | | | | tracks buried in the mud or snow. |
| world? Well, think again. There have been reports of | | | | Some researchers often associate the huge |
| gigantic creatures found in the southeast region of the | | | | primate-like hairy Nyalmo with the Yeti in the Himalayan |
| continent of Asia. One such account is that of the | | | | Range. However, this creature is said to also have |
| Nyalmo, which is purportedly living in the mountain | | | | connections to the werewolf-like beasts found in the |
| range of Himalayas.The sighting of a Nyalmo was first | | | | countries of Thailand and Burma. The Nyalmo often |
| documented in the Himalayan Range in the year 1937. | | | | gets the blame for the mutilating deaths of cattle, |
| There was a small expedition group that came across | | | | wherein only the cattle's tongue is removed and no |
| an assembly of very huge creatures, each having an | | | | other part of the animal has been touched or taken. |
| estimated height of twenty feet. | | | | The famous founder of Cryptozoology, Bernard |
| The creatures were standing as they formed a circle | | | | Heuvelmans, who is also a writer, scientist, researcher, |
| and were chanting, as if they were doing a religious | | | | and explorer, believed that the Nyalmo of the |
| ritual or something of that sort. One of the Yeti-like | | | | Himalayas represent a remnant population of the |
| creatures was enthusiastically beating a hollow trunk | | | | Gigantopithecus blacki, which is an extinct specie of |
| of a tree, like a man hitting his drums to create some | | | | the ape that came to existence from around 100,000 |
| music. The others continued their "chants", but their | | | | years ago in what is now India, China, and Vietnam. |
| faces seemed to be filled with a sad expression. With | | | | They are, as suggested by fossil records, the largest |
| this sight, the adventurers thought that the creatures | | | | apes that ever lived in the world. Some evidence |
| acted like typical persons and that they should not be | | | | suggest that they were plant eaters and probably had |
| feared. But eventually, fears set in due to the | | | | bamboo as their staple. |
| creatures' massive build, they decided to walk away | | | | There is a website that describes the Nyalmo and |
| stealthily to avoid conflict. | | | | numerous other creatures of Cryptozoology in detail, |
| Doig and Hillary, two Cryptozoology advocates, first | | | | this website is called: Unknown Creatures and it may |
| learned about the Nyalmo in the north-central area of | | | | be found at this url: |
| Nepal. The creature, as described by the natives of | | | | You may publish this article in your ezine, newsletter or |
| Nepal, has almost the same attributes with a primate. It | | | | on your web site as long as it is reprinted in its entirety |
| stands approximately twenty feet tall and with thick | | | | and without modification except for formatting needs |
| hair or fur all over. It weighs up to almost 545 kilograms | | | | or grammar corrections. |
| or 1,200 pounds, and leaves behind long four-toed | | | | |