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Article: Out of the Box; SKULL-DUGGERY WAS A REAL SHAM.(Features)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- August 29, 1998
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While Chris Packham was examining an alleged Yeti skull in The X Creatures (BBC1), I thought of Eric Morecambe.
Because, as the legendary funnyman used to say about his mate Ernie Wise, you could see the join.
The skull looked more like a spot of Sherpa DIY than proof that the abominable snowman really exists.
Not surprisingly, Chris Packham was unimpressed. He thought the skull was a `pretty poor fake' and that the Yeti was unlikely to be anything more than a myth.
Our intrepid explorer was more open to the notion that there might be an ...