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Yeti Bears Up Under Scrutiny

Rambo Tribble writes "Bryan Sykes of Oxford University has discovered that hairs, ostensibly from the Yeti creature of the Himalayas, were '... genetically identical to polar bear.' What the professor is suggesting is that a rare hybrid of brown and polar bear may be the actual, elusive creature of legend."

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  1. Re:How hard can it be? by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

    We tried that, but the UFOs kept stealing the cameras.

  2. Re:How hard can it be? by Cajun+Hell · · Score: 4, Funny

    What are you talking about? There's tons of photographs and other physical evidence, confirming the existence of bears. Some bears have been captured, too. At this point, I'd say people claiming bears to be mythical, are he ones who are making extraordinary statements which need backing up.

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  3. Re:How hard can it be? by SJHillman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think Mitch Hedberg summed it up best:

    "I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large, out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside. Run, he's fuzzy, get out of here."

  4. Re:Errr... wat? by Richy_T · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it is a bipolar bear.