Toxic thinking
Or toxic reasoning?
This now is obviously a hoax and I don't blame you for your correct analysis. You'll note I posted this rather snarkily, hoping for a real dead yeti. You mustn't take me too seriously.
>"All we get is the same whole harangue about how us scientists are so closed minded and stuck in our orthodoxy that we are incapable of thinking out of the box."
I didn't read anything like this with this case, rather I think you're throwing it in as a bonus.
These guys were held to a certain standard which they couldn't live up to. They got what they wanted, which was the publicity.
Watch for the Georgia Yeti on local T-shirts, complete with freezer photo.