Lieutenant Colonel Laurence Austine Waddell,CB, CIE, F.L.S., L.L.D, M.Ch., I.M.S. RAI, F.R.A.S (29 May 1854 – 19 September 1938) was a Scottish explorer, Professor of Tibetan, Professor of Chemistry and Pathology, Indian Army surgeon, collector in Tibet, and amateur archaeologist. Waddell also studied Sumerian and Sanskrit; he made various translations of seals and other inscriptions.

His reputation as an Assyriologist gained little to no academic recognition and his books on the history of civilization have caused controversy. Some of his book publications however were popular with the public, and he is regarded by some today to have been a real-life precursor of the fictional character Indiana Jones.

Major Waddell’s Yeti Prints

In 1899, Major Laurence Austine Waddell released his book Among The Himalayas, which told the story of his trips through the high mountain ranges ten years previously. In this text, he noted a slightly interesting event that occured during a trip in the Eastern range of the Himalayas near Darjeeling, India, which took place roughly ten years earlier, around 1889.

    While crossing a pass towards some glaciers, Waddell and his crew discovered large footprints in the snow that crossed their track and headed up towards the higher peaks. The natives in his crew told him these belonged to "hairy wild men" who they believed lived in the snowy mountains. 

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