Billionaire Arnold Sturgeon (Mike Panton) hires two hunters, Big Jake Grizzly (Meat Loaf) and Blubber (Rick Howland), to capture a Himalayan yeti for his spoiled son (Jeff Moser).
However, their quarry, a small yeti, instead stows away in the backpack of American mountaineer Dave Bristow (Jim Gordon) and returns with him to the United States.
[4] TV Guide described the film as a "low-budget ET knockoff" that "offers only a cute yeti puppet creation to delight small children and a comical performance by hefty rocker Meat Loaf to amuse their parents.
"[5] John Stanley's book Creature Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide rated the film 1.5 stars out of five, describing it as "inconsequential" and "kiddie-oriented.
[7] Sarah Dobbs cited the film as one in a series of low-budget productions released in the wake of Harry and The Hendersons (1987) that reimagined Bigfoot "as a kind of fuzzy babysitter.