Canadian lab to test "sasquatch" hair

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - The debate over the existence of sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, an ape-like creature said to haunt the wilderness of western Canada has entered the world of modern DNA testing.


A laboratory will test hair samples that several residents of Teslin, Yukon, say were left when the large, but so-far mythological creature made a late-night run through their community in early July.


University of Alberta wildlife geneticist David Coltman, who agreed to do the tests as a favor to a colleague, said on Monday that scientists have cataloged the DNA of nearly all large animals in the Yukon such as bears and bison.


"So we'll compare it to all of that, and if it doesn't match anything, then it's potentially interesting," said Coltman, who suspects the hair was actually left behind by a much more mundane Yukon bison.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050725/80/fo5fr.html

[Benhurst]

1. Barbara Bush hasn't visited that area, has she? NT

[Squatch]

2. Bigfoot proved to me personally, that he exists.

I wrote about my encounter a few days ago.