Nyalmo

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Nyalmo (or nyulmo) is a large primate-like creature allegedly living in the Himalayas. It reputedly grows to a height of fifteen feet and leaves long, four-toed tracks in the mud and snow. Bernard Heuvelmans believed the nyalmo could represent a relict population of Gigantopithecus. [1]

The first documented sighting of a Nyalmo occurred in the Himalayas in 1937; a small expedition had come across a group of "twenty-foot" creatures, standing in a circle and chanting, as if in a religious ritual. One of them was beating a hollow tree trunk, as a drum; on their faces was a sad kind of expression, and one of the adventurers later commented that "there was nothing...animal about them."[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Newton, Michael. (2005). "Nyalmo/Nyulmo". Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology: A Global Guide: 345. McFarland & Company, Inc.. ISBN 0-7864-2036-7.
  2. ^ Coleman, loren.; Huyghe, Patrick (2006). "Nyalmo". The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates. Anomalist Books. ISBN 1-9336-6512-2.
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