If you'd be so kind, click to enlarge and read this comic I found via the excellent datajunkie.
At the end, "Baron Weirwulf" mentions a Dr. Norman Dyrenfurth. It's really Dyhrenfürth, with an h and an umlaut. And I don't think he was a doctor.
No, Norman was an intrepid Swiss-American mountaineer, explorer, and filmmaker. His father, Günther Oskar Dyhrenfürth, was all that and more: a geologist, geographer, professor, and doctor. Teamed up with his wife (Norman's mom) Hettie, the couple explored the Himalayas and were awarded Olympic medals for their climbing feats. That's probably where Baron Weirwulf (and most of the Internet) got mixed up.
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| Norman, 1960's |
Following in the literal snow-footprints of his parents, Norman headed the famous 1963 Everest expedition at age 45. I believe he is still alive today!
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| Norman, today |
What the comic says about him regarding yeti is based on truth. Norman undertook a yeti investigation in 1958, found mysterious footprints, and had this to say (reported in "Western Folklore", XVII, 1958, p.50):
"We return fully convinced the Yeti is a human-like, rare and fast-disappearing creature possessing the intelligence of a normal grown-up man."
During the expedition, one of the sherpa reported seeing a four-foot one "collecting frogs in a rivulet".
Frog-collecting? Add that to yeti's attributes!
Another of the diminutive variety was described by its observer as "bear-like".
Norman is the creator of the documentary The Search for the Yeti, whose first few minutes are available to watch free online via Google Video.
Thanks, Baron Weirwulf! I wonder what else is in that library of yours?
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