Scientists Planning Expedition To Find Yeti
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Jonathan Downes, director of the Center for Fortean Zoology, told BBC in an interview broadcasted on their website that he believes the Yeti could be a ...
Scientists set off to find the abominable snowman
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Jonathan Downes, the director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, which is dedicated to the study of unknown animals, talked about the mystical creature on ...
Jon, I hope that you are being misquoted again.
ReplyDeleteThis is a media word game. The Creature under investigation is not a Yeti, the media is misusing the term Yeti as a generic term which does not actually occur in the area in question.
So in this case we are possibly talking about an Asiatic-Sasquatch type of creature, possibly more likely to be a Gigantopithecus than a giant orangutan as you stated. The mistake is understandible because the term "Yeti" is more properly used in Tibet and enirons.
Best Wishes, DAle D.
Yes, of course I am being misquoted. I get used to it in the end...
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