Besides ginning up the old military-industrial complex in the Cold War, the Eisenhower administration in December 1959 issued regulations governing expeditions in Nepal that went in search of the abominable snowman or yeti. Judging by the regulations — issued by the State Department to the U.S embassy in Kathmandu — the government of Nepal was a little sensitive regarding the illusive beast.
The first regulation required a royalty payment of 5,000 rupees to the Nepalese government for the privilege of mounting an expedition to find the critter. The second regulation prohibited killing a yeti except in self-defense. And finally, news or reports that hinted at the actual existence of the yeti were to be turned over to nepal’s government and not given to reporters or news outlets.
Couple the issuance of the yeti regulations with the alleged crash of an alien spaceship at Roswell, N.M., a decade earlier and it helps put into perspective other long-held Republican beliefs. Tax breaks for the wealthy and trickle-down economics pale in comparison with crazy talk about little green men and terrifying snow monsters.
See the actual yeti regulations document after the jump.
Buck,
I look forward to your offbeat stuff. This is great. Keep up the search for insincerity. Somebody needs to in these days of light and dark.