There have been many sightings and observations of the Yeti’s tracks, plus endless stories from local people, but no specimen or good photographs. It was enjoyable for me to construct this creature by combining features from living apes and primitive humans. It was important to me to give him a sense of time and place, as if you had come around a cliff and surprised him. He is giving you an unsettling glance before he strides out of sight and disappears in the snowy vastness. - Robert Bateman