Yeti - Fact or Fiction?

For some strange reason I have been hearing a lot about Yeti lately. After looking at a blog on this site, I hit the "Next Blog" button at the top of the screen and found a blog about them . A podcast that I subscribe to had an interview with a "Yeti Expert" (read crazy person) who told a story about a woman who was hiking alone in the Weminuche Wilderness in Colorado.

Not alone, really. She had her 2 dogs and 2 goats with her. She was goat-packing (a.k.a. unemployed and recently kicked out of her rented mobile home), something I like to do any chance I get, especially alone and in Bear Country (more on bears in another post). According to Crazy Person, Goat-Packer was following a trail, but after seeing some people, she decided she wanted to find a more remote location (If you've ever been to the Weminuche Wilderness in Colorado, you understand the irony here...), so she went off-trail a few miles and made camp next to a mountain lake. Apparently, Goat-Packer's dogs started acting crazy (possibly after spending that much time alone with Goat-Packer) and she put them in her tent. As she exited the tent, she turned around and was face-to-face with a Yeti. According to Goat-Packer, the Yeti looked at her, looked at her goats, looked at her, and turned around and walked away very calmly.

Goat-Packer was apparently wasn't surprised at all by seeing the Yeti. She said that next time she goes on a hike, she'll be sure to take some sample jars with her in hopes of collecting some Yeti fecal matter.