"Bigfoot" Hair To Be Tested
- From: Rich Travsky <traRvEsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:28:39 -0600
Really!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4717845.stm
Canadian scientists are performing DNA tests on a tuft of hair said to
come from a sasquatch, a legendary ape-like creature also known as
Bigfoot.
Geneticists at the University of Alberta have been given the hair by
witnesses who say it came from the mysterious animal.
The residents of a Yukon town say they saw the creature earlier this
month.
The scientists say they think it unlikely that the hair belongs to a
giant ape.
Witnesses in Teslin say they saw a tall, ape-like creature lope past
a house in the middle of the night, leaving behind large footprints
and a clump of hair.
Geneticist David Coltman says his team will run modern DNA tests on the
sample and compare the results to the DNA of large animals that are
well-known here, such as bears and bison.
He says the fur is almost certainly from a well-known mammal but he
admits it is possible it will not match any known species.
That, he says, would be scientifically interesting and that chance is
worth running these tests for.
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