Comments on: Yeti Hair Sample

By: norman-uk

norman-uk — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:50 +0000

The footcast is strange and one has to wonder if it is genuine or part of a costume. For or against I think Josh Gates got a similar one from Indonesia. Assuming the footcast is genuine one has to wonder what its particular function would be. Does look like a paddle!

Korolloke, given that the DNA result was ‘unknown primate’ doesnt it seem that it must be at least a cryptid if not a yeti or similar?

Interesting what happened to the Canadian (Snelgrove lake) sample. What was described as ample blood, hair and tissue sample was submitted to Todd Disotell at NYU labs, no DNA was found even though DNA can now be found in up to 50,000 year samples. Disotell said the sample was either too degraded or non organic.

The sample was then tested by Kurt Nelson who found DNA after removing a zinc contaminant. He said the DNA was almost but not quite human. Disotell said the result was of human DNA. from contamination.

By: WillSabo

WillSabo — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:10:40 +0000

I agree with Ferrets comment. I am an avid follower of bigfoot/yeti/skunk-ape news, and would like to see the results of a DNA comparison between the hairs found by the Destination Truth team and the DNA found in Canada by the Monsterquest team. I agree that the species may not be the same, but if there is any kind of match there, then it would surely squelch some of the skeptics/critics!

By: korollocke

korollocke — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:45:25 +0000

The foot print is bogus, look at it and try to make your self believe its real, I dare you. It doesn’t resemble any other so called Yeti foot prints does it? The hair sample hard to say what it is, doubt its Yeti or cryptid, just unknown; awfully broad statement. If it had come back saying unknown Primate dna sequence you would have something worthy of further pursuit and study. Just a question, who analyzed the “hair” sample?

By: norman-uk

norman-uk — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:50:03 +0000

If it is correct that the DNA of an unknown large primate has been discovered this is great news! Forget some sceptics view that it has no value withot a specimen, the DNA is the specimen! A body may be wanted but is not needed now and there is hugh opportunity for ongoing research to identify the characteristics of this creature. Also making comparisons with other specimens and opening up research into a possible range of manimals!

It would be some kind of barrier breached if the hair colour, such as Neandertal red or any other characteristic was identified.

Ideally a special research project ought to deal with it and include work on Oliver’s DNA again and Kwit and his mother etc etc. it should have at least the kind of attention given to the Mars meteorite ALH84001. I think this primate DNA is more important as Mars is not likely to go away whereas Sasquatch is.

By: Ferret

Ferret — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:24:20 +0000

I’d also like to see a comparison between the DNA test results and those found by MonsterQuest in Canada. Even though I doubt that Yeti and Bigfoot are the same species (assuming one or both exist of course), I feel that due to the morphological similarities we might see some similarities in the DNA.

By: Va-Bigfoot

Va-Bigfoot — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:25:51 +0000

The hair DNA testing results must be verified by other accredited laboratories before they start celebrating. If they need an internationally acclaimed laboratory to conduct the DNA testing for free, tell them to give me a call.

By: SOCALcryptid

SOCALcryptid — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:01:38 +0000

AWESOME
It looks like something new is yet to be discovered. What, well we will have to wait and see.
Thanks for the info Loren. This is why I visit Cryptomundo on a daily basis.

By: ParticleNoun

ParticleNoun — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:20:43 +0000

I wonder about the color, actually. We only see in under Night Vision filming, where dark hair can look very very light. I don’t think we ever got to see the actual color of the hair, so it may not be white at all.

By: Bishop

Bishop — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:31:31 +0000

For ParticleNoun, basically there were markers that conformed to the hair being from a Great Ape as in Gorilla, Chimpanzee or human but it didn’t match any known great ape and those sequences are well documented. Whether it’s a Yeti, the white color would bring that into question, or not it seems to be from a large unknown great ape and not an unknown monkey. The hair looks a bit like lemur hair but the DNA didn’t indicate that. Also she described it as heavier than horse tail hair which is surprising given horse tail hair is very stiff. It’d have to be from a very large animal and not tail hair since great apes lack tails. It’s by far the best evidence of a large unknown Great Ape I’ve ever seen. Given the color and location it might be from even a different species than others described in the past.

By: ParticleNoun

ParticleNoun — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:37:38 +0000

Thanks for posting this Lauren! I did some very minor research on the company DT used to do the testing, and they seem to be legit. However, if you have ANY contact with Josh and his team, I think they should be plied to publish this material in a larger way, as you suggest. This is potentially a huge find.

It also seems worth to note that not only did the DNA come back unknown (not inconclusive as many sceptics out there have been baying), it did hit on the ‘primate scale’, and the analyst indicated Large Primate. How you get that from an unknown analysis I don’t know.

If there is any way for you to follow up on this using back channel communications, this find should not be swept under the rug and left to message boards across the web.

Again, thanks for posting this!