Yeti? Nope. They were bears, study finds

Published November 29, 2017 This content is archived.

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An article in Time magazine reports on research by Charlotte Lindqvist, associate professor of biological sciences, that analyzed 12 hair and bone samples that allegedly belonged to the Yeti, or Abominable Snowman, and found that precisely zero of them belonged to the mythical beast and, in fact, turned out to be a bit of dog and a range of local bears.

Read more: http://time.com/5040754/yeti-bear-study/

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