Officials in Siberia are considering setting up a scientific institute to study abominable snowmen.
The region of Kemerovo in western Siberia will announce its final decision after hosting an international conference on yetis later this year, reports the Daily Telegraph.
"The town of Tashtagol will host an international conference with leading experts into hominids," said a spokesman for the regional government's education and science department.
"Based on its results, we will take a decision on opening a scientific research institute to study the yeti."
Yetis, or abominable snowmen, are hairy apelike creatures of popular myth, that are generally believed to inhabit the Himalayas.
But some believe Russia also holds a population of yetis, which it calls 'Snow Men', in remote areas of Siberia.
Kemerovo officials cited yeti researcher Igor Burtsev as saying that around 30 Russian scientists are studying yetis and could work together at the planned institute.
"We think that the yeti is a separate branch of human evolution. It lives in harmony with nature," he said.
The Kemerovo region has used its reputation for sightings of yetis to promote tourism. It holds an annual Yeti Day and this year will run an ice sculpture competition called "In the World of the Yeti".
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