{"id":1965,"date":"2015-06-18T10:20:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T16:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryshenanigans.wordpress.com\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:44:33","slug":"the-yeti-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2015\/06\/18\/the-yeti-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"the yeti returns!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2010\/02\/yeti.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-362\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2010\/02\/yeti.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"yeti\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2010\/02\/yeti.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2010\/02\/yeti-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A yeti was spotted in Tutt Library twice in the spring of 2015, but we have no photo documentation of the events. (The photo at left is from a <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryshenanigans.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/18\/a-yeti-in-the-library\/\">previous sighting<\/a>.) On at least one of these occasions, the yeti wore a pink felt heart on his or her chest stating &#8220;YETI [heart] LIBRARY&#8221; and tried to check out <em>Where the Wild Things Are<\/em> and a picture book about monsters, but was unwilling to provide a gold card.<\/p>\n<p>The zine for the 2015 Tutt Library Annual Haiku <a href=\"http:\/\/library.coloradocollege.edu\/news\/2015\/04\/tutt-library-eighth-annual-haiku-contest.html\">contest,<\/a> available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryweb.coloradocollege.edu\/library\/specialcollections\/zines\/\">Colorado College Zine Collection<\/a>, contains two yeti-related haiku\/senryu\/non-haiku. The first, by <a href=\"https:\/\/personalwebs.coloradocollege.edu\/~jrandall\/\">yours truly<\/a>, reads: a yeti visits \/ its heart says it loves this place \/ yeti, we do too. The second, attributed to the yeti, reads:<\/p>\n<p><strong>YETI LORVE LIBRARYRE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> YETI LORVE BOOKS AND POMES<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> YETI NOT COUNT SILLBULLS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> WHAT SILBBULL ANYWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A yeti was spotted in Tutt Library twice in the spring of 2015, but we have no photo documentation of the events. (The photo at left is from a previous sighting.) 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