Sorry Bigfoot Truthers: Yetis Aren’t Real

A new Oxford study shows most ‘yeti’ evidence is human, bear, or raccoon, among other mammals. But this probably won’t stop Bigfoot hunters.

We can all rest easy tonight. Scientists from one the world’s preeminent centers of learning have demonstrated conclusively that a creature most of us think is possibly-but-probably-not real is in fact possibly-but-probably-not real.

Bryan Sykes, Professor of Genetics at Oxford, and his co-authors have put the university’s prestigious imprimatur on a study published July 2 in The Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The study concludes that the scientists may have found a new bear species, but failed to find