Case file · Cryptid
The Minnesota Iceman
In December 1968 zoologists Ivan Sanderson and Bernard Heuvelmans examined a hairy, man-like body frozen in a block of ice that showman Frank Hansen toured from his farm near Rollingstone, Minnesota.
1968 CE · 44.10, -91.82 · status: hoax
The account
Heuvelmans published it as a new species of hominid. Hansen then said the exhibit was a model, and later stories about a 'real' body being swapped out kept the debate going.
The sceptical view
The Smithsonian found that a latex figure had been made by a Hollywood model maker; the exhibit is now generally accepted as a fabrication.