yeti

• In 1952, shortly after the first photographs of a yeti were published in American newspapers, the creature became so popular that every Halloween party had its throng of yetis, which were outnumbered only by Eisenhowers. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 05 - May 1999
• Consider the original account by the discoverer of the yeti, the English explorer Howard Burrow, and make up your own mind We had been climbing for several days. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 05 - May 1999
• There was a hideous caterwaul, and I looked around to see an enormous creature that looked like a yeti pounding its fists against its barrel chest; several white balls shot toward it, and the yeti abruptly calmed down. —  Asimov'sSF,January2008
• And on the subject of naming animals, can I just say how delighted I was recently to discover that the word " yeti ", literally translated, apparently means "that thing over there". —  Smoke and Mirrors, by Neil Gaiman.
• I thought they were the usual nonsense...like sasquatch, yeti, and so forth, abominable this or that. —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 04-05 - October-November 2001

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