Does this yeti, Nepal's official tourist mascot, actually look like a yeti?

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. :woman_shrugging:

Unless you mean this:


In which case, nope, not even close.

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Yet I am not sure…

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Yes, it looks like a yeti, but it does not look like every yeti. #NotAllYeti

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It depends.

Do you shave your yeti?

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Q: So have I nailed this mascot or what?

A: Not yeti.

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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.

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As a fan of all things cryptid, I give it a C-

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Close, but no spaghetti.

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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)

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This isn’t the first time someone mistook a bear for a yeti.

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He looks a lot like my boxing coach back in the ole century, wonder what happened to him…

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The student asked, “Does a yeti have Buddha-nature?” The master said, “Wtf, dude.”

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Unless the coronavirus outbreak destroys the plans, I will be going to Nepal and Tibet in May. Look forward to seeing these!

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Actually looks like a yeti? No. Actually looks like Andre the Giant? Yes!
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The face brought to my mind a video game dwarf shopkeeper.

That was abominable.

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Yetis fish, so I’m all for it.

And it looks like they already installed one of these near a Washington state ski resort:

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Deep, terrible cut there. Nice.

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