March 9, 2006

Bigfoot Mascots and Lady Yetis?

Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma is looking for a new school mascot. According to the Tahlequah Daily Press, a student project to come up with a new school mascot has landed on the NSU Bigfoots.

Just last week I mentioned here on Cryptomundo the article from the same newspaper regarding the reports of Bigfoot sightings being reported to 911. 

The sports teams are known as the Redmen and the Lady Reds currently. The existing mascot is known as "Rowdy"

Rowdy looks like a reject from H. R. Pufnstuf.

There’s even talk of a related mascot for the NSU women’s sports teams, the Lady Yetis.

NSU graduate “Big” Will Boatman – who sometimes serves as the Press’ unofficial etiquette and protocol consultant on matters as far fetched as the appropriateness of flip-flops and proper jail behavior – has an opinion or two on the mascot issue.

“We’re called the NSU Redmen, but the mascot’s not even a Native American. It’s a Muppet that scares little children,” said Boatman, who’s evidently of the opinion that Bigfoot would not have the same effect on youngsters. “At a game, we could have a sighting, with Bigfoot running across the field. Even if people don’t like sports, they’d show up just for the sighting.”
 

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