Comments on: The Yardley Yeti

By: the-411

the-411 — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:10:11 +0000

Last night I was watching a news report about that “thing” and got crazy goosebumps because I saw it about 10 years ago in Langhorne PA. It was 6am and it was crouched down eating roadkill. It wouldn’t move when I beeped my horn. It just sat up on it’s back legs and made a weird loud hissing noise. I know what I saw wasn’t a dog or cat or any other animal that I’ve ever seen before. I just know that I DO NOT ever want to see that “thing” again.

By: shebelieves

shebelieves — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:33:09 +0000

I remember the wallabee incident! If memory serves, that petting zoo was not too far from here.
I did, however, forget about that rash of cougar sightings a few years back. I also recall a black bear being captured in Southampton about 5 or 6 years ago.
I guess its possible that a bobcat or even a cougar could have made its way down here, but IMO, I still think it would be easy to mistake an opossum, fox or even malnourished coyote for something mysterious. I hope there are more sightings and that someone can photograph or video this supposed “thing”.

By: johnty11

johnty11 — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:33:13 +0000

In a sort of related story… I grew up and still live a few miles from Yardley/Lower Makefield. Two years ago I was driving through Lower Makefield at about midnight on a dark backroad. I caught a glimpse of animal eyes refecting my headlights in the distance and slowly brought my car to a stop as the animal up ahead did not move.

I thought it was a frightened deer, but as I drove closer it became apparent it was not a deer. It was… well I couldn’t really believe it. It had a long face, was standing on it’s hind legs, which were strong like a rabbit’s, and it had two very short ‘arms’. I was staring at a 3 foot high kangaroo. In Pennsylvania!! It was obviously terrified of my car’s high beams right in it’s face. It never moved an inch. I stared at it for a few minutes before driving off, not knowing what else to do.

No one believed me the next day. My family thought I was just making an odd joke with no punchline. However, that night I saw on the local news that a wallabee (a small kangaroo-ish animal) had escaped from a local petting zoo. It was captured within a week. A simple answer to an odd sight.

By: star

star — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:18:31 +0000

It sounds to me like a description of a Giant Monkey. They usually have tails.

By: rifleman

rifleman — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:26:09 +0000

The suburban philadelphia area was the scene of many cougar sightings a couple of years ago. The sightings were reported for a little over a month then silence. This animal was sighted by police and regular citizens but no announcement was ever made of a capture. It was thought that the animal just moved on to another area. Some months ago, cougar sightings were announced in new jersey. Whether it is the same animal is anyone’s guess. Yardley is situated close to the Delaware river which would be child’s play for a mature cougar to negotiate.

By: Sky King

Sky King — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:17:14 +0000

The article is just too stupid for words. Which is why they fail me utterly and completely.

If I subscribed to that paper, or paid 75 cents (or whatever it costs) for it, I’d call the editor and give him a piece of my mind….

By: sausage1

sausage1 — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:22:03 +0000

We who have an interest in cryptozoology, and read the blogs, buy the books and visit websites are not only more able to recognise features that seem to be consistent in descriptions of yeti, sasquatch, etc, but are also also able to dismiss without a second glance most hoaxes, misidentifications and so on. Look back over the past blogs and pictures and see how rarely we have been taken in. It’s second nature to us. Journalists and non-afficianados don’t have this faculty, and can get a short thrill from this sort of garbage. And of course for journos it’s just a chance to coin another pathetically alliterative headline.

By: One Eyed Cat

One Eyed Cat — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:26:09 +0000

I think reporters need some education to be frank.I read the article, he thinks it’s a feral dog and it gets dubbed a ‘yeti?’

lesson one — unless it is on two legs, standing very tall and TAILLESS! it is NO WAY a yeti, or Bigfoot.

By: Mysteriousness

Mysteriousness — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:36:38 +0000

Without more information, this really just sounds like a couple of coyotes - maybe one with mange. It could also easily be a fox (think Texas chupacabras!).

Never underestimate the ability of the human mind to turn something completely ordinary into something extraordinary!

By: shebelieves

shebelieves — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:28:46 +0000

Greetings All.

I check out this website at least once a day, but this is only my 2nd post. Yardley is about a 5 minute car ride from me. I dont usually travel in that direction and I dont have the paper delivered either. I learned about this right here on Cryptomundo.

Just when I thought I’d have the chance to do some bigfooting close to home, I was quickly dissapointed when reading this article.

My take on this? Dont even read that much into it.

This particular part of Bucks County used to be nothing but wooded farmland. As a matter of fact, when I was a kid people used horses or snowmobiles just to visit their neighbors. Nowadays, everywhere you look you will find yet another new devlopment of million dollar homes, outrageously priced specialty stores, and “plastic people” walking around with their freshly injected botox. There are a few “originals” left around here, but the truth is, some of these people probably would be shocked to know that milk comes from a cow and not a plastic jug.

Having said that, I think they are probably seeing a fox or a ‘possum.

We do have coyotes seen in some of our remaining farm and woodland and I know there are bobcats hapily residing in other parts of the state. Even though the Game commission denies it, there have been sightings of mountain lions, but again, always up in the northern counties.

Until I see a picture of this thing, I vote fox or opossum. We’ll have to see what happens. And as for the author using the name “Yardley Yeti”- I wont even dignify that grossly misleading headline with a comment.