In abominable news for yeti fans, Nepal’s military disputed Indian claims to have spotted footprints belonging to the elusive snowman — saying they were more likely a bear’s.

On Monday, the Indian army posted images on Twitter of “yeti prints” from close to the Nepal-China border, sparking widespread mockery on social media.

A Nepalese military spokesman said liaison officers went to the spot where the prints had been found but that by the time they arrived, the markings in the snow had vanished.

But Bigyan Dev Pandey said locals told the officers that a bear was the likely culprit.

“According to locals and porters, such unusual footprints appear frequently in the area and are made by wild bears,” Pandey told Agence France-Presse.

Wildlife experts said what an Indian mountaineering expedition team saw were footprints elongated by wind.

“For the first time, an #IndianArmy Moutaineering Expedition Team has sited Mysterious Footprints of mythical beast ‘Yeti,’” the Indian army’s official account tweeted Monday.

The army said the prints, which measured 32 inches by 15 inches, were spotted by a team April 9 near the Makalu Base Camp in Nepal.

The yeti, or “Abominable Snowman,” is traditionally described as an ape-like creature living in the Himalayas, Siberia and parts of Central and East Asia.

The North American version is known as Bigfoot.