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Full text online:
Abominable Snowmen, Legend Come to Life
by Ivan T. Sanderson
[1961]

http://www.sacred-texts.com/lcr/abs/index.htm

I especially like this paragraph in the Foreword by George Agogino:

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For a final illustration, let me turn to my own field of archeology. Prior to 1926, the general belief was that the American Indian was post-glacial in age, and as a consequence glacial strata were rarely examined by professional archeologists. The few archeologists who claimed to find cultural evidence were criticized for their ineptitude and then quickly dismissed. In 1846 a human pelvis was found with several ground sloth skeletons in Mammoth ravine near Natchez, Mississippi. Before the century ended, positive association was demonstrated by fluorine tests, yet not only was the discovery disregarded, but the actual bones were lost and the incident forgotten. All other finds met with a similar fate until the discovery in 1926 of the unique Folsom projectile points with the extinct glacial Bison antiquus near Folsom, New Mexico. In three years' research, nineteen Folsom points were found in direct association with twenty-three extinct bison, and the antiquity of the Paleo-Indian was firmly established. Now the long-neglected glacial strata were examined. Archeologists looked for additional Folsom sites wherever man, wind, or weather had scarred the surface of the land, exposing the glacial earth levels to the human eye. Within a decade of the Folsom, New Mexico, discovery, Paleo-Indian sites were found from Alaska to Patagonia and from coast to coast. These sites had been exposed to the eye of man for decades, but they were only found AFTER man was convinced that Ice Age Indians actually existed. Again it shows that man must believe before he looks, and must look before he finds anything. Important things may be all around us, but we will never find them unless we look for them. Perhaps one reason why we haven't more definite information on ABSMs is because not enough people have actually looked for ABSMs long enough or with enough dedication.

NoxieMr
Wow! How cool is this? A book I enjoyed now online. I remember having my ma get me an original copy at a garage sale in the early '70's and a few yrs later I bought a reprint, simply because I liked the new cover better. I lost each around 25 yrs ago and because too much of Sanderson's stuff was too "out there" for me to be considered useful, I never bought a 3rd copy. I have fond memories as a kid of warm blankets and good fun reading at night from this one. Thanks for sharing this tip! Will be fun bringing back those memories and replenishing the forgotton tales from Mr Sanderson.
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