'Yeti' spotted at Spanish ski resort sends social media into meltdown

Social media is swirling with speculation that a yeti has been sighted at a popular ski location.

But is the strange creature spotted at Formigal, Spain, the elusive monster or a Photoshopped polar bear?

A brief video recorded by one of the supposed witnesses shows what appears to a white creature lurking in the trees.

Yeti seems like a far fetched explanation but, at the same time, Spain is not known for its polar bear populations either.

The UK’s The Sun newspaper reports a skier sounded the Yeti-alarm on a forum, asking "What the hell is this?”

“This morning skiing in Formigal with friends we’ve come across this. What the hell is it? A bear or a bloody yeti?” they wrote.

They said they had reported the sighting to the sky resort in the Pyrenees mountains but had not been taken seriously.

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The resort, however, issued a statement saying it had searched the area for the mysterious beast.

“We have spoken to the witnesses of the sighting to identify the area in which it took place and after combing the area we have found nothing,” a spokesperson said.

“We believe therefore that there is no cause for alarm and that visitors’ security is guaranteed.

“In any case we will remain alert.”

As can be expected, social media has not been easy to convince that the abominable snowman has been found in southern Europe.