The family believed the dog was a Tibetan Mastiff, a breed that can grow ... This "dog" is actually an Asiatic black bear. Since the family is slightly (and reasonably) afraid of wild bears ...

29 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, analyzed nine “Yeti” specimens, including bone, tooth, skin, hair and fecal samples collected in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau. Of those, one turned out ...