Mentioned in passing in this column last year, The Bigfoot Files was originally shown on Channel 4 in 2013, and features Mark Evans, Prof Brian Sykes and Sykes’s disappointing and/or surprising DNA results. It’s now available on Prime and worth a watch if you haven’t seen it.
Episode 1 sees Evansbefore a sheer Nepalese cliff face, introduces Prof Brian Sykes in his Oxford garret, tweedily scrutinising slides. No time to waste as Evans helicopters off to Namche Bazaar to meet Sherpas, specifically Sona Hisha Sherpa who encountered a Yeti as a teen. Sherpa the Sherpa, whose disconcerting attire of a bright red fleece, lumberjack shirt and flat cap make him look more like a market-stall greengrocer, tells of how, having been caught in a storm, he sheltered in a cave and aYeti made off with two of the cattle he was tending, leaving only “shit and intestines” behind (a phrase I’ve adopted for future use).
