Forget the search for Bigfoot, the Indian army claims to have spotted footprints belonging to another elusive beast — the Yeti — and social media is going ape.

“For the first time, an #IndianArmy Moutaineering Expedition Team has sited Mysterious Footprints of mythical beast ‘Yeti,'” the army’s official account tweeted to its nearly 6 million followers.

“This elusive snowman has only been sighted at Makalu-Barun National Park in the past,” the army added along with images of what it claimed were tracks from the mythical Himalayan monster also known as the Abominable Snowman.

The prints, which allegedly measured 32 by 15 inches, were found April 9 near the Makalu Base Camp, a remote mountainous area between Nepal and Tibet, according to the tweet, which had been shared more than 6,000 times as of early Tuesday.

Although the prints were discovered three weeks ago, the army made the discovery public only after deciding that it matched earlier theories about the ape-like creature, according to the Times of India.

“So, we thought it prudent (to go public) to excite scientific temper and rekindle the interest,” the army said.

The message sparked a flurry of responses on social media, where users mocked it as mere monkey business.

“This is deeply, deeply embarrassing: whoever in the Indian Army’s PR has circulated this is disgracing the institution, and India, in the world’s eyes,” Praveen Swami tweeted.

Another person referred to the recent news about a beluga whale that Russia might be using as a spy.

“If the US and Russian navies can train marine mammals to plant stuff on the enemy, why can’t we have the Indo-Tibetan Yeti Force?” Indrani Bagchi posted.

Meanwhile, prominent author and former politician Tarun Vijay weighed in by congratulating the army, but suggested that the word “beast” was disrespectful.

“Please, you are Indian, dont call Yeti as beast. Show respect for them. If you say he is a ‘snowman,’ ” he wrote.

Despite the alleged sighting, no scientific evidence exists confirming the Yeti’s existence.

In 2011, according to the BBC, tests performed at Edinburgh Zoo on a 50-year-old bone believed to be from a Yeti showed it was actually human, perhaps belonging to someone like the one portrayed by Yukon Cornelius in the 1964 Christmas classic “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

In 2013, research conducted by a British scientist concluded that the Yeti may in fact be a sub-species of a brown bear.

Kushal Prajapati, who describes himself as a scientist, responded to the Indian army’s tweet on Tuesday, saying: “With all due respect, institutions such as yours should be more responsible and careful before going ahead and declaring the sighting of any footprints as ‘Yeti’s’!”

He added: “There’s been lots of research done on Bigfoot/Yeti (including sighting/footprints) with none proving its existence.”