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Thursday, October 06, 2011

JON IN THE NEWS (again)

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 ...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jon, I hope that you are being misquoted again.

This 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.

Jon Downes said...

Yes, of course I am being misquoted. I get used to it in the end...