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Yeti 'Nests' Found in Russia?
Live Science ^ | 18 November 2011 | Benjamin Radford

Posted on 11/24/2011 12:22:32 PM PST by nickcarraway

Bigfoot researcher and biologist John Bindernagel claims his research group has found evidence that the Yeti (a Russian "cousin" of the American Bigfoot) not only exists, but builds nests and shelters by twisting tree branches together.

"We didn't feel like the trees we saw in Siberia had been done by a man or another mammal.... Twisted trees like this have also been observed in North America and they could fit with the theory that Bigfoot makes nests. The nests we have looked at are built around trees twisted together into an arch shape," Bindernagel told the British tabloid The Sun.

Bindernagel was part of a small group of scientists who visited western Siberia to examine evidence of the Yeti in October. That group made headlines around the world for issuing a statement that they had "indisputable proof" of the Yeti and were 95 percent sure it existed based on the evidence – a few strands of hair – they found.

Tree twisting, also called splintering, has been claimed as Bigfoot evidence for decades throughout the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. In some cases tool markings have been found on trees said to have been twisted by Bigfoot. This suggests that the creatures are even possibly more intelligent than previously suspected and may be able to somehow locate and use pliers, monkey wrenches, and other common hardware tools. [10 Mythical Beasts That Might Exist]

Unless the marks were made by human hoaxers.

Although many of the "mysteriously" twisted tree limbs are conveniently near ground level, some are found at the top of trees. Bigfoot researchers claim these are stronger evidence of the Yeti's existence, because whereas any hoaxer could easily twist small, waist-level branches, only a Bigfoot-like animal would be able to climb up that high.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: britishnews; conservative; cryptozoology; russia; serious; uktabloids; yeti

1 posted on 11/24/2011 12:22:42 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Unless the marks were made by human hoaxers.

Ya think? < /s>

2 posted on 11/24/2011 12:25:23 PM PST by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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To: nickcarraway

There’s one in the West wing too


3 posted on 11/24/2011 12:30:42 PM PST by al baby (Is that old windbag still on the air ?)
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To: nickcarraway

It seems if they had enough hair they could run the DNA of the critters.


4 posted on 11/24/2011 12:31:39 PM PST by mountainlion (I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
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To: nickcarraway

Must be. Humans don’t have any equipment or gear that would allow them to climb high up a tree.

I mean, I see a fence, and I have no idea how I’m going to get over it if someone hasn’t put in a door somewhere.


5 posted on 11/24/2011 12:32:44 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: nickcarraway

... Found right next to some crop circles!


8 posted on 11/24/2011 12:54:51 PM PST by Tallguy (You can safely ignore anything that precedes the word "But"...)
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To: nickcarraway
then there should be PLENTY of Yeti spoor in the area... hair, scat, tracks, yes???
9 posted on 11/24/2011 12:59:04 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: nickcarraway

Mmmmm.. Yeti! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCj5q1qWgzs


10 posted on 11/24/2011 1:06:04 PM PST by Hardraade (I want gigaton warheads now!!)
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To: Chode

Maybe they are tidy.


11 posted on 11/24/2011 1:14:22 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (For years the Left protested "the occupation of Iraq"- now they want to "Occupy" all across the US)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
much more than i am then... 8^)
12 posted on 11/24/2011 1:19:08 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Tallguy

There are crop circles out there that really are a natural phenominon. The vast big ones are hoaxes, but small ones creep up from time to time that no one knows for sure why. Probably not anything like aliens, more like soil composition and probably something with the wind.


13 posted on 11/24/2011 1:54:26 PM PST by nerdwithagun (I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

They must know how to bury their dead too because there are never any carcasses anywhere it seems.


14 posted on 11/24/2011 2:01:28 PM PST by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: gopheraj

mark


15 posted on 11/24/2011 2:39:08 PM PST by gopheraj
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To: nickcarraway

#Occupy Siberia?


16 posted on 11/24/2011 3:17:19 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (....The days are long, but the years are short.....)
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To: dragonblustar

Thanks nickcarraway.
17 posted on 11/24/2011 5:29:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Must be. Humans don’t have any equipment or gear that would allow them to climb high up a tree.

I didn't see your sarcasm tag. :o)


18 posted on 11/24/2011 7:47:42 PM PST by WVNan (!)
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To: nickcarraway

I hear that yetis keep chupacabras as pets.


19 posted on 11/24/2011 7:58:26 PM PST by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: nickcarraway
A photo of the creature:

I believe its authenticity is unquestionable. There's simply no question about it. :-)

20 posted on 11/25/2011 6:35:52 PM PST by Altariel (`)
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