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  • Yetis, aka the Abominable Snowmen, were the mystical white hairy creatures rumored living in the mountains of Tibet.

    Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010

  • Since the Yetis are the living identity of the region and its people, discovering them implies that the Yetis and the Sherpas will be forgotten -- solved-forever.

    Subhash Ghimire: Will Nepal's Himalayan Yetis Be Ever Found? 2009

  • Where else would we find characters like King Ullr and a band of abominable snowmen called Yetis?

    unknown title 2009

  • His supply of tales was endless, but the stories relating to the Himalayan wonder, "Yetis," always kept me spellbound.

    Subhash Ghimire: Will Nepal's Himalayan Yetis Be Ever Found? 2009

  • The editor of Nature, Henry Gee, in an editorial entitled "Flores, God and Cryptozoology," wrote: "The discovery that Homo floresiensis survived until so very recently, in geological terms, makes it more likely that stories of other mythical, human-like creatures such as Yetis are founded on grains of truth ....

    Boing Boing: December 12, 2004 - December 18, 2004 Archives 2004

  • Dismissed as myth by scientists, Yetis are mainly the province of enthusiasts, and in Russia they've gotten an unexpected boost from the government.

    Bigfoot Hunters Detect Signs of the Hairy Beast in Siberia Alan Cullison 2011

  • East2West News People visited the Azass cave in Siberia where Yetis allegedly shelter in winter.

    Yearning for Yeti 2011

  • Yetis—one of the names for wild hairy creatures walking upright through the woods—are dismissed as myth by scientists, but have gotten an unexpected boost from the Russian government.

    Yearning for Yeti 2011

  • Do The Beast's muscles function, or are they like the facade of Disneyland's Matterhorn, covering over, not a mountain of solid granite, but a hollow confection of steel, plaster, open air, and robot Yetis?

    Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Sorrows of Boobiac 2010

  • Do The Beast's muscles function, or are they like the facade of Disneyland's Matterhorn, covering over, not a mountain of solid granite, but a hollow confection of steel, plaster, open air, and robot Yetis?

    Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Sorrows of Boobiac. 2010

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