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Skeptoid #269: The Abominable Snowman

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2011

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Science shows that the Yeti of the Himalayas is almost certainly not a real creature.

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0:00.0

Few legendary beasties capture the imagination like the Yeti.

0:08.5

It combines the exotic mystique of the Himalayas with the credibility of luminaries such as

0:14.1

Sir Edmund Hillary who have joined in the hunt for it.

0:18.0

Even legitimate zoology can offer the extinct Gigantopithecus as a precedent for such a

0:23.6

large ape in that part of the world.

0:26.1

So today we're going to put it all together with the science and see if we can find the

0:32.6

abominable snowman.

0:35.0

That's coming right up, Unskeptoid.

0:37.4

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0:45.4

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1:00.4

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1:20.2

Thanks.

1:23.5

You're listening to skeptoid.

1:27.5

I'm Brian Dunning from skeptoid dot com.

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