Yeti, (Tibetan: "rocky", "rocky place" and "bear") or Abominable Snowman (coined in 1921, by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Howard-Bury who led the 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition) is a folkloric ape-like creature taller than an average human, that is said to inhabit the Himalayan mountains. Yeti is also known as "Bun Manchi" – Nepali for "jungle man" that is used outside Sherpa communities where yeti is the common name and Kang Admi – "Snow Man