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Sasquatch’s Tuft or Peeping Tom’s Hairpiece Clump?
At times I have been criticized for my skepticism and my preference for science and secular humanism over religion and superstition. Well, some folks out in the Yukon think they saw Sasquatch a few days ago. This time, the creature apparently left behind more than just a grainy photograph and some earnest stories from half-literates: a tuft of hair.
That lends itself to DNA testing and that’s what’s happening right now. The DNA testing is supposed to be done later this week. So I’m going to go on record and make a prediction: it wasn’t Sasquatch and DNA testing is going to prove it. If I’m wrong, I promise to end each thing I write with “But I was wrong about Sasquatch” for at least a month.
July 28th, 2005 at 12:13 pm
You were right ade:
Geneticist says hair sample from Yukon is that of bison – not Bigfoot 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
Yahoo News.
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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July 29th, 2005 at 9:18 am
Still that footprint? Maybe the saquatch has a little bison friend he was chilling out with? Still a chance you may have to commit to the “but I was wrong about sasquatch”….
There is speculation that the bison hair is from a stuffed mounted bison. At least the people who planted the hair got what they wanted. 15 minutes of fame.
What a fun story.