[Merry Monday] Destination: Down Under

New Zealand & Australia have some excellent humanoid cryptids besides Yowie.  There's Yara-ma-yha-who:

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And the Bunyip:

Angus McBride - Bunyip

But despite this, love for the Himalayan Hominid persists...

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Pizza commercial:

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Canned pizza spaghetti commercial from 1991 NZ:

Featuring: "Ghetti the Spaghetti Yeti"

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Augmented Reality photo op in Aukland shopping mall:

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Female yeti is the star of comedic NZ tv series:  Yeti.

Description: "Yeti is an indigenous creature from somewhere near the Himalayas who finds herself coming to terms with life in her new home, New Zealand. Made with funding from NZ On Air."

Don't flurry your pretty little head about it

Yeti by Don-Logan

Yeti

Leo Gadicke

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Schuyler Abrams

Elmo vs. Yeti

Hetti the Yeti was a yeti that Elmo met on Sesame Street in 2014.
 

Crafted Yeti Puppet

Amber Church of Raven Mad Designs instagrammed these pics of kids who made this big yeti puppet.

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Engelmann Yeti

 Shawn Engelmann

Yeti Arcade: Puppeteer

In the game Puppeteer (2013), you play a puppet armed with a giant pair of golden scissors. That's enough in my book to shine, but apparently, there are yeti, too:

[Puppet Week] Nomadic D.

Nomadic D.

[Puppet Week] Andy Clinton

Andy Clinton

 

[Puppet Week] Johnny Coffins

Johnny Coffins

[Puppet Week] Keith Lango

Keith Lango

Happy Birthday Brian!

[Puppet Week] Sew Simple Productions

Sew Simple Productions

[Puppet Week] Drew Nowlin

Drew Nowlin

[Puppet Week] Donna Sellinger

Donna Sellinger

[Puppet Week] Chace Long

Chace Long

[Puppet Week] Ezequiel Marin Folgoso

Puppet by Ezequiel Marin Folgoso

[Puppet Week] Billie Achilleos

 

Puppet by Billie Achilleos

[Puppet Week] Little's Creatures

Puppet by Little's Creatures

[Puppet Week] Mr. Meaty

Mr. Meaty (2006-2009) was a tv show featuring puppet teenagers working in a fast food place. In one of the episodes, "My Eddie"..

"...Parker orders a Baby Yeti that he saw on a commercial on Asian TV, and names him "Eddie." That night, when Eddie eats everything stored in the freezer and grows into a giant yeti the next morning as a result, Josh and Parker have to think of a way to convince the management to provide them with more meat. But when Wink comes by to drop off the new products, what will Parker do with Eddie? Even worse, Mr. Carney and Wink find Eddie, and decide that they can do something about Eddie and Parker: Have an Abominable BBQ!" 

 

[Puppet Week] Steve Clem

Puppet by Steve Clem via PuppetProject.com

[Puppet Week] Herschel Krustowski

Puppet by Herschel Krustowski

a yeti plays the guitar from Herschel Krustowski on Vimeo.