Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/01/30/does-this-yeti-nepals-offic.html
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Yeti don’t exist, so yup, looks like a yeti.
Unless you mean this:
In which case, nope, not even close.
Yet I am not sure…
Yes, it looks like a yeti, but it does not look like every yeti. #NotAllYeti
It depends.
Do you shave your yeti?
Q: So have I nailed this mascot or what?
A: Not yeti.
I assume, if real, the Yeti’s face would be more ape-like and less human-like, but then maybe you need it to be more human-like to appeal to tourists-- Mikey Mouse doesn’t look like a real mouse either.
As a fan of all things cryptid, I give it a C-
Close, but no spaghetti.
If a Yeti just looks like a big shirtless bearded dude then maybe we’ve been searching for them in the wrong place all this time. (Pictured: mating pair of Yeti in natural habitat)
This isn’t the first time someone mistook a bear for a yeti.
He looks a lot like my boxing coach back in the ole century, wonder what happened to him…
The student asked, “Does a yeti have Buddha-nature?” The master said, “Wtf, dude.”
Unless the coronavirus outbreak destroys the plans, I will be going to Nepal and Tibet in May. Look forward to seeing these!
Actually looks like a yeti? No. Actually looks like Andre the Giant? Yes!
The face brought to my mind a video game dwarf shopkeeper.
That was abominable.
Yetis fish, so I’m all for it.
And it looks like they already installed one of these near a Washington state ski resort:
Deep, terrible cut there. Nice.