Geneticist says hair sample from Yukon is that of bison - not Bigfoot
at 12:36 on July 28, 2005, EST.
EDMONTON (CP) - A hair sample some claimed came from a sasquatch in the Yukon has turned out to be from a bison.
A geneticist from the University of Alberta who did tests on the sample says the DNA match for a bison was 100 per cent.
David Coltman says the DNA was highly degraded, suggesting the hair sample was not fresh.
Coltman isn't speculating on whether that suggests somebody was trying to pull a fast one on the existence of Bigfoot.
The sample was reportedly plucked from a bush near Teslin, Yukon, earlier this month at a spot where several people heard - and swear they saw - a large, hairy creature.
There was also an unusually large footprint.
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