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Acolyte, v. 3, issue 2, whole no. 11, Summer 1945
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cle by one Terence T. Quirke, Ph.D. called "Our Home, the Earth" which might perhaps be of interest to your readers. Under the heading "Abominable Snowman", Quirke gives the following: "In the perpetual snows of the Himalayas have been seen footprints that furnish one of the great mysteries of science. The natives believe that they are caused by a creature that is half man and half beast, known as the Abominable Snowman. This creature has not so far been seen by any European. Yet there is a strong belief in these Mi-Go or Murka--as they have been called by the superstitious natives of Nepal and Tibet, Sikkim and Ghutan--and the descriptions given by natives of these countries are strangely alike. These stories relate that the Snowman is a monstrous biped, white-skinned, and covered with black hair. According to the natives, the larger specimens devour Yaks which they disable by hamstringing. Some of the Sherpas of Nepal, and Bhutias of Tibet swear to having been chased by these creatures, and lurid pictures of them are to be found in many monasteries in Tibet. "European mountaineers have seen strange tracks in the snow far above the permanent snowline. Mr. H. W. Tilman, the leader of the 1938 Mount Everest expedition, has described some remarkable tracks in the Karakorams. They consisted of a line of round indentations the size of soup platesand could not be attributed to otters, birds, or any of the other creatures that were suggested as having caused them. Strange tracks have been observed by members of expeditions to Kinsbrinyunga and other peaks. Not long ago, an English lady, Miss MacDonald of Dalimpong was crossing a high pass into Tibet when she was startled by a terrific roar that shook the ground and was totally unlike the roar of any creature she had heard before. A Polish expedition, investigating these strange tracks, reached a height of 20,500 feet on Nanda Devi in July 1939, when an avalanche crashed and killed two of the explorers." This material appears on page 202. (Note: This material opens up an intresting vista for speculation. It is of course quite likely that it is taken from the same or similar source to that consulted originally by Lovecraft. Yet, on the other hand, HPL was not wont to give accepted, mundane names to his creations, except through the use of derivative roots, and it will be noticed that both the terms "Mi-Go" and"Abominable Snowmen" are strictly from Lovecraft. Knowing the slipshod methods sometimes used in preparing so-called popular reference works, and noting the date of publication (1941), could it be possible that an obscure memory of something once read in Weird Tales could have combined subconsciously with other, more valid, information and been welded to the article just quoted? The Acolyte would like the opportunity to publish more information on the Mi-Go and their antecendents; can any of you help?) ---oo0oo--- LAST MINUTE NOTES: Probably available by the time you read this will be a limited edition of In Memoriam, an allegorical fantasy written by an army friend of Hoffman's and published by the latter in a mimeographed brochure limited to 25 copies. It may be had for 25[[cent symbol]] from 1005 West 35th Place, Los Angeles 7, California. SDR's article on M. R. James unfortunately was not completed in time for this issue, though the publication was delayed a week in hopes. So I'll quit promising it to you, except to say that it is being written, that it is progressing well, and that eventually it will appear in The Acolyte. The next issue is quite nebulous at the moment; many items are promised, but none are actually on hand. We've had two or three pieces of adequate fiction and a number of poems; otherwise the cupboard is bare. How about a serious article from you? FTL -- 31 --
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cle by one Terence T. Quirke, Ph.D. called "Our Home, the Earth" which might perhaps be of interest to your readers. Under the heading "Abominable Snowman", Quirke gives the following: "In the perpetual snows of the Himalayas have been seen footprints that furnish one of the great mysteries of science. The natives believe that they are caused by a creature that is half man and half beast, known as the Abominable Snowman. This creature has not so far been seen by any European. Yet there is a strong belief in these Mi-Go or Murka--as they have been called by the superstitious natives of Nepal and Tibet, Sikkim and Ghutan--and the descriptions given by natives of these countries are strangely alike. These stories relate that the Snowman is a monstrous biped, white-skinned, and covered with black hair. According to the natives, the larger specimens devour Yaks which they disable by hamstringing. Some of the Sherpas of Nepal, and Bhutias of Tibet swear to having been chased by these creatures, and lurid pictures of them are to be found in many monasteries in Tibet. "European mountaineers have seen strange tracks in the snow far above the permanent snowline. Mr. H. W. Tilman, the leader of the 1938 Mount Everest expedition, has described some remarkable tracks in the Karakorams. They consisted of a line of round indentations the size of soup platesand could not be attributed to otters, birds, or any of the other creatures that were suggested as having caused them. Strange tracks have been observed by members of expeditions to Kinsbrinyunga and other peaks. Not long ago, an English lady, Miss MacDonald of Dalimpong was crossing a high pass into Tibet when she was startled by a terrific roar that shook the ground and was totally unlike the roar of any creature she had heard before. A Polish expedition, investigating these strange tracks, reached a height of 20,500 feet on Nanda Devi in July 1939, when an avalanche crashed and killed two of the explorers." This material appears on page 202. (Note: This material opens up an intresting vista for speculation. It is of course quite likely that it is taken from the same or similar source to that consulted originally by Lovecraft. Yet, on the other hand, HPL was not wont to give accepted, mundane names to his creations, except through the use of derivative roots, and it will be noticed that both the terms "Mi-Go" and"Abominable Snowmen" are strictly from Lovecraft. Knowing the slipshod methods sometimes used in preparing so-called popular reference works, and noting the date of publication (1941), could it be possible that an obscure memory of something once read in Weird Tales could have combined subconsciously with other, more valid, information and been welded to the article just quoted? The Acolyte would like the opportunity to publish more information on the Mi-Go and their antecendents; can any of you help?) ---oo0oo--- LAST MINUTE NOTES: Probably available by the time you read this will be a limited edition of In Memoriam, an allegorical fantasy written by an army friend of Hoffman's and published by the latter in a mimeographed brochure limited to 25 copies. It may be had for 25[[cent symbol]] from 1005 West 35th Place, Los Angeles 7, California. SDR's article on M. R. James unfortunately was not completed in time for this issue, though the publication was delayed a week in hopes. So I'll quit promising it to you, except to say that it is being written, that it is progressing well, and that eventually it will appear in The Acolyte. The next issue is quite nebulous at the moment; many items are promised, but none are actually on hand. We've had two or three pieces of adequate fiction and a number of poems; otherwise the cupboard is bare. How about a serious article from you? FTL -- 31 --
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