Hey, Disney: Where Are the Yeti Books?

I just returned from a visit to Walt Disney World, where I rode Expedition Everest for the first time. While I enjoyed much about the ride (the Yeti was portrayed in a very realistic manner of a white snowman), I have one glaring issue to take with the attraction.

Several books by Loren Coleman are on display in the queue line’s “Yeti Museum”, as well as some of the older literature as well. Yet, at the attraction’s gift shop, there is not one book on hairy bipeds to be found! Why? I assume Mr. Coleman gave permission for his books to be used in the attraction – did Disney not ask about selling some related literature?

My party complained to the checkout worker about this. The response was that “there are books” – but, books only on Everest, not the Yeti itself. The end result is a little bit of an agenda that I’ve found in all the officially-licensed ride-related material: the Yeti is portrayed largely as a “mythical” being. And that really irritated me – miseducation [disinformation] of the public.

Has Mr. Coleman discussed the marketing of his books here? I strongly encourage it, as I believe they would sell very well. – Joshua Cutchin

Of course, no one needs to ask my permission to put my books in their exhibitions. I am encouraged to hear that Disney designers did include, apparently, my Tom Slick Yeti book or books in their “Yeti Museum.”

Likewise, bookstores are hardly ever influenced by an author’s attempts to “sell” a specific venue on carrying their books. I have not tried at the Disney “Yeti Museum” bookstore at Walt Disney World. Perhaps this reader’s and others’ interest in buying real Yeti books will stimulate some interest on the part of Disney World folks. Maybe they will think about stocking my books, Tom Slick: True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology (Fresno, CA: Craven Street-Linden Press, 2002), and The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates (NY: Anomalist Books, 2006), both of which have information on the search for the Abominable Snowmen. Also, they might want to sell others’ books on the Yeti, as well.

If things there change, some of the Cryptomundo readers will keep us informed, I’m sure.

Loren Coleman About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct). Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015. Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.

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