A mysterious guide befriends them, but winds up actually in league with the Yetis who inhabit the mountains, and he secretly works against the explorers behind their backs, killing them off one by one.

The rope slips loose from its mooring, Varga falls to his death, and Connie and Steve (now in love) make their way back to civilization.

[3] Discussing his choice of topic, Warren later explained that the Abominable Snowman was receiving a lot of publicity at the time, and thought it seemed like "a natural for my first picture".

"[3][11] Although a "Rock Madison" was given top billing in the credits for playing the part of "Lon Raynon," there is no such character anywhere in the film.

Modern sources state that "Rock Madison" was just a fake name made up by Jerry Warren to make his cast seem larger.

[6][12] Older sources used to state that Rock Madison may have been the man in the Yeti costume,[3] but Warren's ex-wife Brianne Murphy said years later in an interview that she played the man-beast herself.

She said Warren met her in Hollywood around this time and offered her a $50-a-week job handling props, makeup, hair, wardrobe, script and stills on "Man Beast."

[7] Brianne Murphy also stated she had no idea who the credited screenwriter "B. Arthur Cassidy" was either, saying it may have been Jerry Warren himself under an alias.

[15] It was later released on DVD by VCI Video on December 10, 2013 as a part of its "Jerry Warren Collection", along with deleted scenes and a Katherine Victor audio interview as extras.