To Collect the Yeti

Look, I'm not the only person with a yeti collection. Here are a few more SUPER AWESOME PEOPLE:

Source - Where did that head come from - wow! ME WANTS.

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And reader Jonah N. aka Yetirulez sent these in, with this note:

I have been a lover of any yeti merchandise or media for just about 9 years now, and I would like to say, keep up your blog! Your blog is pretty much to only place I can find another person who is passionate for yetis. I would love to send you a picture of my collection (over 200+ items) ... I couldn't thank you more for having a passion for yetis! Thank you, and keep up the good work on the blog!

Mancini Yeti

"Looking for Clues" by Hanna Mancini

Saw this image and thought:

"If ever I had a 'personal statement' in pictorial form, this would probably be it."

Hybrid 6: Frog

Yeti-Frog Hybrid

Loffett Yeti

My oldest friend (25+ years) recently text-messaged me out of the blue with several photo attachments:

"[My seven year old son] Machlan is into Yetis at the moment.  The stuffed thing is from Disney. He checked the book out of the library. And he drew the Yeti."

A happy birthday to young Machlan who will be EIGHT WHOPPING YEARS OLD in just a matter of days!

3000th Post!!!

For my 3000th post, here is a timeline of SIXTY YEARS of Yeti depictions I put together:

Click the links below to zoom in and read more about each specific decade.

• The 1950s
• The 1960s
• The 1970s
• The 1980s
• The 1990s
• The 2000s

Seven Years in Tibet

'I <3 Yeti' image by Nathan Mazur (previously blogged about)

As of today, this blog is seven years old!

Here's my first post way back on October 5, 2006:

G.I. Joe Yeti.

A classic.

Technically, I'd been amassing yeti images for a few years before that. Even got highlighted on BoingBoing in '05, in a post entitled Amazing collection of Yeti art and tchotchkes.

It wasn't until 2006 that I put everything into a blogger blog.

Here I am now, seven years later, still a yetibloggin'.

That's 32.9 internet years (!) for those of you that only think of years in terms of internet years (you know who you are).

Anyway, thanks for reading.

"yeti thanks" by  Anouk Moulliet

I came up with this joke in a dream

Just a big misunderstanding.

Walker Yeti

Yeti by Jason Walker
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Bet you didn't know yeti wears a utility belt.

What you think is in the pouches?

* Yak seasoning?

* Very small coils of rope?

* A brush for his luscious, flowing hair?

* Black nail polish?

* Assorted frozen treats?

* Frogs?

Yeti Mashup

A reader writes:

Dear Yeti Blogger,

I learned about the Marx Yeti through your site, and in the galling absence of any Yeti musical comedies on struggling Broadway stages, I created this mashup:



Thank you for keeping Yeti alive!

Best,
Pat
ppad.blogspot.com

Thank you, Pat. This is a thing of loveliness. Oh the sweet juxtaposition.

Baron Weirwulf presents... Norman Dyhrenfürth

If you'd be so kind, click to enlarge and read this comic I found via the excellent datajunkie.

At the end, "Baron Weirwulf" mentions a Dr. Norman Dyrenfurth. It's really Dyhrenfürth, with an h and an umlaut. And I don't think he was a doctor.

No, Norman was an intrepid Swiss-American mountaineer, explorer, and filmmaker. His father, Günther Oskar Dyhrenfürth, was all that and more: a geologist, geographer, professor, and doctor. Teamed up with his wife (Norman's mom) Hettie, the couple explored the Himalayas and were awarded Olympic medals for their climbing feats. That's probably where Baron Weirwulf (and most of the Internet) got mixed up.

Norman, 1960's

Following in the literal snow-footprints of his parents, Norman headed the famous 1963 Everest expedition at age 45. I believe he is still alive today!

Norman, today

What the comic says about him regarding yeti is based on truth. Norman undertook a yeti investigation in 1958, found mysterious footprints, and had this to say (reported in "Western Folklore", XVII, 1958, p.50):

"We return fully convinced the Yeti is a human-like, rare and fast-disappearing creature possessing the intelligence of a normal grown-up man."

During the expedition, one of the sherpa reported seeing a four-foot one "collecting frogs in a rivulet".

Frog-collecting? Add that to yeti's attributes!

Another of the diminutive variety was described by its observer as "bear-like".

Norman is the creator of the documentary The Search for the Yeti, whose first few minutes are available to watch free online via Google Video.

Thanks, Baron Weirwulf! I wonder what else is in that library of yours?