Scientists ’95% convinced’ that the Yeti is real and living in Russia

Oct 10th 2011 By Sam Parker via The Asylum

‘Evidence’ that mythical creatures like the Yeti actually exist usually comes in the form of a blurry home video, or the ramblings of a drunk who once got lost in a forest somewhere.

Which makes it all the more surprising to discover that in the Russian coal-mining region of Kemerobo, a team of legitimate researchers are claiming to have evidence that makes them ’95% sure’ the Abominable Snowman really does stalk the earth.

More than a dozen scientists and ‘Yeti experts’ flew in from all around the world to embark on a one day fact-finding mission in the area, where reports of local sightings of the Bigfoot have increased.

In a statement the group claimed to have discovered footprints and what they believe may be hair samples belonging to a yeti in the remote Russian mountains.

“During the expedition to the Azasskaya cave, conference participants gathered indisputable proof that the Shoria mountains are inhabited by the ‘Snow Man’,” the Kemerovo region administration said.

“They found his footprints, his supposed bed, and various markers with which the yeti marks his territory,” the statement said. The collected “artifacts” will be analysed in a special laboratory, it said.

“Conference participants came to the conclusion that the artefacts found give 95% evidence of the habitation of the ‘snow man’ on Kemerovo region territory.”

Traditionally Yetis are thought to roam the Himalayas, but the Kemerovo government are keen to push the area’s credentials as place where people can hope to glimpse the mysterious creature. Last month it even convinced heavyweight boxing champion Nikolai Valuev — the 7ft “beast from the east” beaten by Britain’s David Haye — to go on his own search for the creature. He failed, possibly by scaring the Yeti off.

The Kemerovo government has hosted a number of stunts aimed at boosting the region’s reputation as a yeti centre. Last month, it welcomed former heavyweight boxing champion Nikolai Valuev, as the 7ft “beast from the east” went on his own search for the creature. He reportedly failed. What do you reckon? An elaborate publicity stunt or evidence, finally, that the Yeti is real?