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| Subject: | | Re: MQ Peter Byrne contradicts himself... |
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MJLehde
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Mon, Oct 26 2009, 12:29pm
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It seems that wire being used to hold the hand together isn't as important as whether the thumb was actually ever switched in the first place. We have only Byrne's word on that and it's always seemed to me to be a very handy "rimshot" way of dismissing the later tests that showed it to be human. (Not unlike the Shroud of Turin believers who claim that the fire damage to the shroud changed it's carbon dating results so they can then ignore the tests that prove it to be a fake.) If only that portion of the hand was said to be switched then why not test the rest that was not switched? Since belief in the Yeti is at an all time low in Tibet and Nepal it might be possible to obtain the samples for testing and then settle the question of the hand once and for all. |
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| Subject: | | Re: MQ Peter Byrne contradicts himself... |
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Rangoon
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Mon, Oct 26 2009, 2:19pm
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I was very lucky enough to be friends with a sherpa who earned his living as a mountain guide. Of course I could not restrain myself from asking if he ever saw a yeti.
His reply was uproarious laughter. He stated clearly that superstitious people ascribe every yak disappearence or "bump in the night" to the yeti and many others keep the story going for the tourists. He had serious scars from being mauled by a bear and it was to bears that he pointed as the real culprits.
Sadly since 911 Chongba has not been able to return to the US that I know of and we are not sure if he is still alive. |
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