Is the yeti just a phantasm of our imagination or a survivor from our own savage ancestry? Or is it a real creature? This is the mystery that Bryan Sykes set out to unlock. ![]() Sykes is a serious scientist who knows how to tell a story, and this is a credible and engaging account.Īlmost, but not quite human, the yeti and its counterparts from wild regions of the world, still exert a powerful atavistic influence on us. Sykes introduces us to the crackpots, visionaries, and adventurers who have been involved in research into this possible scientific dead-end over the past 100 years. John Watson and Eric Schiller, The Big Book of Busts, Hypermodern Press, 1995, pp. This is "The Big Book of Yetis." What the reader gets here is a world-class geneticist's search for evidence for the existence of Big Foot, yeti, or the abominable snowman.Īlong the way, he visits sites of alleged sightings of these strange creatures, attends meetings of cryptozoologists, recounts the stories of famous monster-hunting expeditions, and runs possible yeti DNA through his highly regarded lab in Oxford. Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths. Well now, you'll be amazed when I tell you that I'm sure they exist." -Jane Goodall on NPR ".you're talking about a yeti or bigfoot or sasquatch.
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