For decades, a large creature called a Yeti has been talked about in Western popular culture. It has appeared in films, cartoons, video games and more. The yeti is large and hairy and walks on two feet. Some people claim they have seen a yeti in the Himalayan Mountains in Asia. It has a fearsome reputation. Consider a scene from the American cartoon show, Scooby Doo. Apparently every restaurant that's ever opened here closed down immediately, under suspicious circumstances. Let me guess. Yeti-related circumstances? You got it. New genetic research suggests that this huge beast may, in fact, exist in the Himalayas. But it’s probably just a bear. A team of scientists said this week that they had studied the DNA of nine samples from museums and private collections. All of the samples were said to have come from the yeti. They found that eight of the nine samples came from bears. Asian black bears, Himalayan brown bears and Tibetan brown bears, to be exact.
