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>be me
>27yo hiking bro
>decide to solo trek Annapurna circuit in Nepal
>spiritual journey.jpeg
>4 days in, weather turns to shit
>like Silent Hill levels of fog
>trail basically gone, GPS worthless because of the terrain
>stumble into what looks like an old monastery ruin
>not on any map, whatever, shelter is shelter
>camp inside, light fire, eat shitty lentils
>hear breathing in the dark
>not wind, not animal, like deep human breathing
>get spooked, grab headlamp
>nothing there
>go back to pretending I’m Bear Grylls
>few hours later, wake up to something dragging my pack outside
>run out yelling in boxers
>see huge figure maybe 8-9 feet tall covered in white-grey matted fur carrying my damn backpack like it’s a fanny pack
>shines headlamp at it
>thing doesn’t flinch, just blinks
>casually places my backpack down, like it changed its mind
>stares at me for a few seconds
>legit felt like it was judging me
>then turns and lumbers into the fog
gone
>no footprints the next morning
>pack untouched except the Snickers bars are gone
>mfw I got robbed by a diabetic Himalayan cryptid
>mfw nobody believes me except some weird monk 2 villages down
>he just nodded and said “he doesn’t usually give things back”
>mfw I might’ve had the most polite yeti encounter in recorded history