Re: Ah, it was bison hair Re: "Bigfoot" Hair To Be Tested

Wait until they test the Nessie fur!

Jois

Rich Travsky wrote:
>> Can't make a tourist trap with this...
>>
>>
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/28/sasquatchtesting0727.html
>> A tuft of hair found near a purported sasquatch sighting in the
>> Yukon actually came from a bison, says the Alberta scientist who
>> tested the sample.
>>
>> A wildlife geneticist at the University of Alberta, David Coltman,
>> said on Thursday that the hair produced a "100 per cent" match with
>> known DNA sequences for bison.
>> ...
>>
>> Rich Travsky wrote:
>>>
>>> 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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