Nepalese defend Yeti

A claim that the yeti does not exist has been greeted with a chorus of stern disapproval by leading Nepalese officials and commentators.

The row began when a claim by a Japanese mountaineer, Makato Nebuka, that the yeti is really a meti, or Himalayan brown bear, was labelled "controversial" and ultimately "fallacious" in a front-page analysis in the daily Kathmandu Post.

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Gotta make that nasty Japanese sceptic take it back!

Maybe they could get a Nepalese Yeti on one of those goofy Japanese game shows to beat up the critic.

Maybe have a contest. Find out which of them is a better rock climber.

I'd like to see the carnage ensuing if they tried any of those goofy stunts on a yeti