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* The ''[[Weekly World News]]'' was a supermarket tabloid which often ran Bigfoot stories. |
* The ''[[Weekly World News]]'' was a supermarket tabloid which often ran Bigfoot stories. |
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** However, in their case, it was pretty obviously satire. [[Crazy Awesome|The]] ''[[Crazy Awesome|Weekly World News]]'' [[Crazy Awesome|was like that]]. |
** However, in their case, it was pretty obviously satire. [[Crazy Awesome|The]] ''[[Crazy Awesome|Weekly World News]]'' [[Crazy Awesome|was like that]]. |
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* Some apes, such as gorillas, were known only as legends of "hairy wild men" until properly discovered. |
* Some apes, such as gorillas, were known to Europeans only as legends of "hairy wild men" until "properly" discovered. |
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** Interestingly, the word "gorilla" first time appears in the writings of Carthaginian explorer Hanno, in an area that doesn't seem to have ever had any great apes. Some historians believe that Hanno and his men mistakenly [[Squick|killed and skinned some pygmies]] they thought to match the description. |
** Interestingly, the word "gorilla" first time appears in the writings of Carthaginian explorer Hanno, in an area that doesn't seem to have ever had any great apes. Some historians believe that Hanno and his men mistakenly [[Squick|killed and skinned some pygmies]] they thought to match the description. |
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* Paleontologists have discovered species of extinct [[Gentle Giant|giant, herbivorous apes]] that bear a striking resemblance to Yeti. This may be the source of the legend. |
* Paleontologists have discovered species of extinct [[Gentle Giant|giant, herbivorous apes]] that bear a striking resemblance to Yeti. This may be the source of the legend. |
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