Subject of a hairy hoax (4)

I believe the answer is:

yeti

(Other definitions for yeti that I've seen before include "associate it with Tibet" , "hirsute specimen" , "Himalayan wild man" , "creature of dubious existence" , "Legendary Himalayan creature" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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