There's the available snowman.

I'm at a museum in Portland, Maine, and I'm looking through a magnifying glass.

It's hovering over what are basically the crown jewels of the museum's collection.

And this is probably the most valuable thing in the museum.

That's the fecal material and hair from the eddy from the Sir Edmund Hill.

Samples of poop and fur from the eddy.

Well, allegedly from the eddy.

The legendary beasts that roamed the Himalayas.

The samples are now part of the collection at the International Museum of Crypto Zoology.

So, old is this, is that say, 54 or 59?

59. 59.

It's a museum that focuses on creatures like Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and the

eddy. Creatures that are all known as cryptids.

But before you start dismissing crypto zoology as far fetched expires spotter,

when these investigations into unknown creatures are done right,

they involve real science, and they have real scientific value.

I'm Sam O'Brien, and this is Atlas Obscura.

A celebration of the world's strange, incredible, and wondrous places.

Today, we're visiting the International Museum of Crypto Zoology.

We'll search for the truth behind the legends.

A bit of Yeti Poo is just the beginning.

More after this.

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