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10 Real-Life Laws That Regulate The Supernatural World

When do you need to tell a prospective buyer your house is haunted? Where do you need a license to practice necromancy or to be reincarnated? And where can you file a lawsuit against a supernatural being? These real-life laws will tell you all that and more. Top image from the hilarious comic Supernatural Law…

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Genetic analysis shows that the Yeti was actually a polar bear hybrid

Aw, shucks. Science goin’ off and ruining everything again for cryptozoologists. The latest blow comes from a UK geneticist who says hair samples from an alleged Yeti, or Abominable Snowman, actually came from another — albeit real — creature from the north: an ancient hybrid between polar bears and brown bears. The DNA analysis was…

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Battery-Powered Yeti Guides Antarctic Explorers Past Concealed Crevasses

Moving people and supplies across the Great White South is treacherous, difficult, and expensive with logistical costs constituting as much as 90 percent of an expedition’s budget—about $125,000 a trip on average. And that’s assuming the convoy isn’t swallowed by an ice crevasse en route. But a new radar-equipped rover could help the National Science…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Read the US government’s rules for Yeti hunting from 1959

During the 1950s, oil magnate, adventurer, and cryptozoologist Tom Slick traveled through the Himalayas searching for evidence that a Yeti. Slick was obsessed with searching for cryptids, even going so far as to steal pieces of the Pangboche Hand, which legend held was a Yeti hand, from a Buddhist monastery in Nepal and convincing actor…

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Oxford University is going Yeti-hunting

Genetic analyses have come a long way since researchers last took a serious look at remains claimed to belong to cryptids like yeti and bigfoot. Now, Oxford University researcher Bryan Sykes thinks it’s time to revisit the issue using some of the most advanced analytical techniques available. Sykes will team up with Michel Artori, director…

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Oxford University Is Hunting For the Yeti

While most of us probably suspect that the yeti is a mythical beast, the finest minds in the world beg to differ. Which is why Oxford University has just announced that it is going on a yeti hunt, to establish once and for all whether the creature has ever existed. In collaboration with the Lausanne…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Did bigfoot really exist?

In a manner of speaking, yes, Bigfoot did exist — although, perhaps not in the way many modern day cryptid enthusiasts surmise. In a piece written for Smithsonian’s Hominid Hunting, Erin Wayman serves up the facts on Gigantopithecus — the car-sized quadruped that went extinct long before humans ever speculated about the existence of a…

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The Curious Case of the Severed Yeti Finger

In 1974, Lap Kadoma — the wife of a Nepalese sherpa — had a close encounter with a Yeti. The legendary cryptid, Kadoma would later recount, had managed to sneak up on her from behind, before heaving her into a river. When Kadoma regained consciousness, she found the bodies of several dead yaks strewn nearby.…

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This Disgusting New Crab Species Eats Food Grown On Its Own Arms

This is one of the weirdest animals I’ve ever seen: a furry white crab that only eats the bacteria growing on its claws and arms. It looks like a disgusting Christmas ornament if disgusting Christmas ornaments ate their own bristles. This large yeti crab species, identified by marine ecologist Andrew Thurber, allows a symbiotic bacteria…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

TARDIS Burritos and Twilight Spaz Bags: Comic-Con Radvertising

Yesterday we showed you the biggest ad fails at Comic-Con. But now it’s time to talk about the very best of the Comic-Con advertising onslaught. Check out our gallery. https://gizmodo.com/catwomans-massage-booth-and-playboy-supergirls-comic-c-5824965 The cast from Doctor Who handed out TARDIS burritos to hungry line sitters waiting outside of Hall H for the morning presentation. Via Anglophenia and…

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Legendary cryptids that turned out to be absolutely real

When we think of cryptozoology, we usually think of Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness Monster, creatures that are – let’s face it – probably legendary. But some cryptids are real: just ask the platypus, okapi, and giant squid. Of course, all of those are former cryptids – they’ve long since been “officially” discovered.…

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The 10 worst bigfoots and yetis in the history of recorded film

Not every cinematic Bigfoot’s as dashing as Andre the Giant in a fur suit. No, some celluloid yetis and sasquatches are downright mediocre. Here are 10 of the cheapest, most inept, or grossest lost hominids ever to grace Hollywood. 10.) To Catch A Yeti In this totally abysmal 1995 TV movie, a yeti disgusting mewling…

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This week on Cult Movie Worship, it’s zombies versus puppies!

Brace yourself! Tonight man’s best friend takes on man’s favorite apocalyptic monster, zombies! Incidente: Indidente is your classic cameraman POV zombie flick. A pack of journalists sneak into a mysterious building to uncover the truth, yada yada yada, they all die. At least that’s what we’re expecting. That being said, we love the zombie make-up…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Are you ready for more Yeti?

As winter melts into to spring, you can celebrate the last snowfall with this crazy trailer for upcoming Syfy flick Snow Beast – the touching tale of a young woman and a Yeti. Here’s the synopsis: People disappear every year out in the snow – but this year, something is adding to the bodycount. Jim…

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In the forests of Siberia, Yetis are fighting bears

Russians are concerned that a growing battle between bears and the “human like” Yeti of the forests will cause trouble this winter, when the defeated bears come into villages looking for food. According to the Voice of Russia: The director of the International Center for Hominology Igor Burtsev assures that yetis leave traces of their…

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Yeti USB Mic Is “The World’s First THX Certified Microphone”

At $150, Blue Microphone’s new THX certified Yeti might not be the best investment for something as simple as Skype, but if you are doing podcasts, music recordings, or old-timey variety shows, it might be worth the extra cash. Apparently, the Yeti is the first microphone to earn a THX certified distinction—something Blue Microphone views…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Sam Raimi To Make Yetis The Next Vampires, We Hope

Drag Me To Hell director and all around horror mastermind Sam Raimi is taking on Yetis in his new film Refuge. This infusion of new monster blood is exactly what the supernatural scene needs. Hollywood Reporter states that the plot, “centers on a remote town terrorized by a Yeti, the mythological creature native to the…

io9 Meredith Woerner

A Silent Yeti in a Forest of Wisecracking Critters

Karl Kerschl‘s The Abominable Charles Christopher is another entry in the subgenre of humans encroaching upon nature, but don’t let that scare you off. After all, it features gorgeous illustrations, breezy humor, and a yeti protagonist. For many webcomics creators, their first webcomic is also their first foray into comics publishing. But Karl Kerschl is…

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Snowy Yeti Will Drag You Off For A Good Time

It’s almost time for the snowy holidays, and what better way to welcome in the seasonal cheer than a movie about a monstrous snow-creature that will drag your bloody carcass back to its cave and feast on your innards? Warm up with a hot cup of cider and the poster for Yeti, the holiday horror…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Yeti Girl Bites the Boys’ Asses

A new, highly-topical toy has hit the shelves. Not only is it a Yeti, this month’s monster poster child, but it represents a historic moment in Yeti-hood. That’s right — it’s Nevermore‘s new GIRL Yeti, there on the right, taking her place beside the men as an equal opportunity monster. Want to see the girl…

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10 Real-Life Laws That Regulate The Supernatural World

Genetic analysis shows that the Yeti was actually a polar bear hybrid

Battery-Powered Yeti Guides Antarctic Explorers Past Concealed Crevasses