That artist's impression is of Ringo Starr from the movie Caveman.... I mean the Ice Monster in the same movie.

I'm a cryptozoologist and I'm f'n tired of hearing about giant apes.

My money is on the finger being proved human after the DNA tests.

Silvara: scruffy1: That artist's impression is of Ringo Starr from the movie Caveman.... I mean the Ice Monster in the same movie.

Really? I could have sworn it was the Yeti from the Disneyland Matterhorn ride.

yeti thingee at around 5:35
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ArkAngel: Coelacanth: I'm a cryptozoologist and I'm f'n tired of hearing about giant apes.

My money is on the finger being proved human after the DNA tests.

Some years ago a set of Tibetan monks had what they said was a preserved Yeti scalp. Testing showed it was from the hump of a cow

That's one thing the 'faithful' are good at: Manufacturing fake artifacts. You could build a cathedral with all the pieces of the 'true cross' being held in monasteries and collections all over the world.

I'm pretty sure that'll turn out to have been going to belong to Junders Plunkett.

\yeah, that's what I said

TIL the plot for The Hangover 3: Yeti Boogaloo.

Maybe they meant Jedi instead of Yeti, very common mistake.

pictures of the legendary ape-like creature we refer to as the Yeti. This might seem fanciful until you learn that, for many years, a shriveled hand (about the size of an adult human's, with long, fat fingers and curling nails) was also on display in the monastery -and revered by the monks, who believed it protected them from bad luck.

No, it still sounds fanciful.

This story is just to distract you from the REAL truth.

"Me Eddie, da mean old yeti! Me want finger back!"

Short answer: No. The severed finger does not prove the existence of the Yeti.

The photo of the Yeti at the top of the article, however, is incontrovertible.

Coelacanth: I'm a cryptozoologist and I'm f'n tired of hearing about giant apes.

My money is on the finger being proved human after the DNA tests.

Dude, seriously? That just might be the most awesomeist thing ever in the history of awesome.

Coelacanth: I'm a cryptozoologist and I'm f'n tired of hearing about giant apes.

My money is on the finger being proved human after the DNA tests.

To be fair, the bigger mystery here is how the hell you convinced someone to pay you to do that.

//The yeti thing gets beaten into the ground because it's the only remotely plausible cryptozoology bedtime story thing. A giant human-level intelligent ape wandering north America? How about no. A large primate we've not discovered hanging out in the ecologically balcanized area between the subcontinent and China, both of which are full of various non-human primates? Yeah, OK, why not.

Yetis are bunk.

Sasquatches otoh...

How long until we see a dildo made to look like that thing?

I can see the packaging now...a yeti fingering some big-titted blonde, with the product name emblazoned with big purple letters...

Snatchsquatch.

about the size of an adult human's

Yeah...hmmmm...this is one tough puzzle.

Does the Mail fail every day?

Skunk ape rules the giant ape category

"...a photographer with the Royal Geographical Society reported seeing a creature near the world's largest glacier, the Zemu, in India."

if only there was a device that could somehow capture what he saw

Coelacanth: I'm a cryptozoologist and I'm f'n tired of hearing about giant apes.

My money is on the finger being proved human after the DNA tests.

Are you getting a kick out of these replies?

If - if - there is a giant, bipedal, undiscovered species of ape out there, then the Himalayas would probably be the best place to look for it. That said, this finger is no more proof of the Yeti than the can of tuna I had for lunch is proof of the Loch Ness Monster.

Those guardian things are only, like, an 8.

Coelacanth: I'm a cryptozoologist and I'm f'n tired of hearing about giant apes.

My money is on the finger being proved human after the DNA tests.

No way! That's still a thing? Why not be a real zoologist and just be extra surprised and interested when something unique or unexpected is legitimately discovered?

FTA: For the full result of the DNA analysis, listen to Yeti Finger on BBC Radio 4 today at 11am.

Translation: Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.

Then, in 1957, Tom Slick, a wealthy American oilman, funded a series of expeditions to investigate Yetis.

Let me tell you why, he's the best of all good guys...

This is definite proof!! All they have to do is compare it to the REAL Yeti's DNA in their database and...wait...no, that won't work...well then...It's Aliens.

doodoobutter: FTA: For the full result of the DNA analysis, listen to Yeti Finger on BBC Radio 4 today at 11am.

Translation: Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.

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A DNA sample analysed by the zoo's genetic expert Dr Rob Ogden has finally revealed the finger's true origins.
Following DNA tests it has found to be human
bone.

This on Monster quest. Remember seeing them get the finger. They also proved that the so called "Yeti Scalp" was from a goat.

Jim_Callahan: To be fair, the bigger mystery here is how the hell you convinced someone to pay you to do that.

//The yeti thing gets beaten into the ground because it's the only remotely plausible cryptozoology bedtime story thing. A giant human-level intelligent ape wandering north America? How about no. A large primate we've not discovered hanging out in the ecologically balcanized area between the subcontinent and China, both of which are full of various non-human primates? Yeah, OK, why not.

Okay, let me explain something.

Mankind has been almost wiped out several times by natural disasters. There was one time where there were so few people left, that if they had all been in one spot, everybody could've known each other by their first name. Because of that near extinction event and the resulting population bottleneck (just google it), we became what we are now. But in subsequent near extinction events, certain other characteristics universally occur.

We get bigger, we get more hirsute, and we live longer.

And that's how we get Yeti, Bigfoot, and a number of other mystery hominids.

My proof?

During the late 1970s, there were sightings of a Bigfoot in the flood control channels in and around Burbank, California. A reporter and a photographer from the Press-Telegram were sent out to investigate. They found the Bigfoot. He wasn't quite as hairy as we believed Bigfoot to be, but he was over seven feet tall. And he was able to talk too. The Burbank Bigfoot was a snowbird and was wintering in SoCal. Although the Burbank Bigfoot was living a paleolithic lifestyle, he knew enough to occasionally go to soup kitchens and even panhandle. After the reporter was finished talking to the Burbank Bigfoot, he decided to return to the northwest.

It's my theory that the Burbank Bigfoot was the descendant of the Clovis Indians who were thought to have perished during the extinction of the megafauna on this continent 13,000 years ago.

Queen Elizabeth II had a cousin who suffered a number of afflictions due to inbreeding. Reportedly, he was over seven feet tall, very hirsute, and lived to be over one hundred years old.

There are other examples, but it's late and I'm tired. But Loren Coleman and I have communicated and he gives credence to my theory.

Coelacanth: Jim_Callahan: To be fair, the bigger mystery here is how the hell you convinced someone to pay you to do that.

//The yeti thing gets beaten into the ground because it's the only remotely plausible cryptozoology bedtime story thing. A giant human-level intelligent ape wandering north America? How about no. A large primate we've not discovered hanging out in the ecologically balcanized area between the subcontinent and China, both of which are full of various non-human primates? Yeah, OK, why not.

Okay, let me explain something.

Mankind has been almost wiped out several times by natural disasters. There was one time where there were so few people left, that if they had all been in one spot, everybody could've known each other by their first name. Because of that near extinction event and the resulting population bottleneck (just google it), we became what we are now. But in subsequent near extinction events, certain other characteristics universally occur.

We get bigger, we get more hirsute, and we live longer.

And that's how we get Yeti, Bigfoot, and a number of other mystery hominids.

My proof?

During the late 1970s, there were sightings of a Bigfoot in the flood control channels in and around Burbank, California. A reporter and a photographer from the Press-Telegram were sent out to investigate. They found the Bigfoot. He wasn't quite as hairy as we believed Bigfoot to be, but he was over seven feet tall. And he was able to talk too. The Burbank Bigfoot was a snowbird and was wintering in SoCal. Although the Burbank Bigfoot was living a paleolithic lifestyle, he knew enough to occasionally go to soup kitchens and even panhandle. After the reporter was finished talking to the Burbank Bigfoot, he decided to return to the northwest.

It's my theory that the Burbank Bigfoot was the descendant of the Clovis Indians who were thought to have perished during the extinction of the megafauna on this continent 13,000 years ago.



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I'll be happy if it does not turn up in someones bowl of chili.

Coelacanth:
During the late 1970s, there were sightings of a Bigfoot in the flood control channels in and around Burbank, California. A reporter and a photographer from the Press-Telegram were sent out to investigate. They found the Bigfoot. He wasn't quite as hairy as we believed Bigfoot to be, but he was over seven feet tall. And he was able to talk too. The Burbank Bigfoot was a snowbird and was wintering in SoCal. Although the Burbank Bigfoot was living a paleolithic lifestyle, he knew enough to occasionally go to soup kitchens and even panhandle. After the reporter was finished talking to the Burbank Bigfoot, he decided to return to the northwest.

It's my theory that the Burbank Bigfoot was the descendant of the Clovis Indians who were thought to have perished during the extinction of the megafauna on this continent 13,000 years ago.

Queen Elizabeth II had a cousin who suf ...

There's one born every minute.

No, hang on, I mean, er, I actually have some hair from a bigfoot - you can buy it off me for, say--a thousand dollars? It's totally genuine and everything...

Jim_Callahan: Coelacanth: I'm a cryptozoologist and I'm f'n tired of hearing about giant apes.

My money is on the finger being proved human after the DNA tests.

To be fair, the bigger mystery here is how the hell you convinced someone to pay you to do that.

//The yeti thing gets beaten into the ground because it's the only remotely plausible cryptozoology bedtime story thing. A giant human-level intelligent ape wandering north America? How about no. A large primate we've not discovered hanging out in the ecologically balcanized area between the subcontinent and China, both of which are full of various non-human primates? Yeah, OK, why not.

you must not have heard about crab people. They are the ones to be afraid of.

This does not prove that there is a Yeti but someone should check on Ann Coulter.

What's the difference between Anne Coulter and a Sasquatch??

Ans: 7 pounds

Man, Jewbacca really let himself go

Fluorescent Testicle: If - if - there is a giant, bipedal, undiscovered species of ape out there, then the Himalayas would probably be the best place to look for it. That said, this finger is no more proof of the Yeti than the can of tuna I had for lunch is proof of the Loch Ness Monster.

Wait, what? You have proof of the Loch Ness monster? Get the Daily Mail on the phone, right away!

Just put it in a shot glass and drink it already. The sour yedi?

Not yeti, officer

I'm not saying it's Yetis.....

.... but it's Yetis.


/That's just abominable.