In 1939, a young Polish officer named Slavomir Rawicz was sentenced to 25 years of hard labor by the Soviet Union for spying. Three years later, he recruited a few other prisoners to escape in what can only be called an epic journey to freedom:
In March 1942 six Indian soldiers on patrol in the Himalayas were startled to see a small group of men wearing animal skins stumble down a mountain trail toward them. The soldiers were even more amazed when the four emaciated strangers-who a few moments before had scarcely been able to walk-began to laugh and dance, hugging each other and singing.
The four had every reason to rejoice: they had just completed a 4,000-mile trek on foot from a Soviet labor camp in Siberia.
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by MrGhaz.
Update 3/4/10 by Alex - Slavomir Rawicz's story became an international bestseller book titled The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom. Subsequently, there was controversy over the veracity of the story, which include possible sightings of Yetis in the Himalayas.
I Belive you should first read the book before
casting doubts of its validity.
Do not think that all you see in the internet is
gospel!
After reading the part about the yeti's and the way it was written, it was just written as a passing note in the story as a whole, not a focused blown out of proportion hey-can-you-believe-what-I-saw!?!?! thing. Animals appear & disappear regularly on this planet- why not another type of humanoid? It may be smart enough to know its' survival depends upon homo sapien interaction?