A group of seminarians and their church leader from Denver, Colorado, had one heck of a ski trip after what appeared to be a Yeti woke them up in the middle of the night for a blood oath initiation ritual. The incident has since riled up the leaders of the said church, and though some forgave the “Yeti” as they believe that its actions might have been done in good faith.
For the record, the “Yeti” was just a man who wore the costume as some kind of prank for the seminarians. The incident actually happened a year ago, in January 2024, during Denver’s St. John Vianney Theological Seminary’s ski trip, led by Fr. John Nepil. One night during the trip, 15 seminarians were woken up by a man in a Yeti costume.
The “Yeti” was also carrying a dagger and invited them all to a blood oath, where they were told to scream as if they were in pain before returning to their sleeping quarters, brandishing a fake bloodied cloth wrapped around their hand. Their mouths were also taped shut after the scream so as to scare other seminarians waiting outside the ritual room, according to the witnesses and the video sent to The Pillar…