Comments on: Neither Boaring nor Boring: Johor’s Bigfoot Brouhaha http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/bf-brouhaha/ for Bigfoot, Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents and More Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:23:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Grendel http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/bf-brouhaha/comment-page-1/#comment-1615 Grendel Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:50:13 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/neither-boaring-nor-boring-johors-bigfoot-brouhaha/#comment-1615 Alas, virtually every square inch of any forest or jungle floor will hold biological cast-off. Alas, virtually every square inch of any forest or jungle floor will hold biological cast-off.

]]> By: Loren Coleman http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/bf-brouhaha/comment-page-1/#comment-1614 Loren Coleman Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:51:25 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/neither-boaring-nor-boring-johors-bigfoot-brouhaha/#comment-1614 The assumption is that when the plaster of Paris is poured, it will pick up any and all biological materials that may have detached from the cryptid foot into the track. This might include hair, skin, and even blood (if there were any open wounds on the foot). This is not to say there will be any of these pieces of evidence stuck in the casting medium, but that is the hope. When the Skookum cast was examined closely, it was found to have hair samples in the matrix of the plaster. These were tested for DNA, but the results appeared to show that human contamination had occurred. This foot-DNA-to-track-to-cast notion is conveyed in the quotation carried above: “The bottom of the cast still has the original soil that came into direct contact with the foot.” The assumption is that when the plaster of Paris is poured, it will pick up any and all biological materials that may have detached from the cryptid foot into the track. This might include hair, skin, and even blood (if there were any open wounds on the foot). This is not to say there will be any of these pieces of evidence stuck in the casting medium, but that is the hope.

When the Skookum cast was examined closely, it was found to have hair samples in the matrix of the plaster. These were tested for DNA, but the results appeared to show that human contamination had occurred.

This foot-DNA-to-track-to-cast notion is conveyed in the quotation carried above: “The bottom of the cast still has the original soil that came into direct contact with the foot.”

]]> By: Grendel http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/bf-brouhaha/comment-page-1/#comment-1613 Grendel Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:35:43 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/neither-boaring-nor-boring-johors-bigfoot-brouhaha/#comment-1613 Could somebody explain to me how one conducts DNA testing on a plaster cast (asked the doubter rhetorically)? There has been no mention of collection of any biological material, let alone material suitable for DNA testing. Could somebody explain to me how one conducts DNA testing on a plaster cast (asked the doubter rhetorically)? There has been no mention of collection of any biological material, let alone material suitable for DNA testing.

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