Bigfoot remains as elusive as ever.
Results from tests on genetic material from alleged remains of one of the mythical half-ape and half-human creatures, made public at a news conference on Friday held after the claimed discovery swept the Internet, failed to prove its existence.
One of the two samples of DNA said to prove the existence of the Bigfoot came from a human and the other was 96 percent from an opossum, according to Curt Nelson, a scientist at the University of Minnesota who performed the DNA analysis.
Results of the DNA tests were revealed in an e-mail from Nelson and distributed at the Palo Alto, California, news conference held by Tom Biscardi, host of a weekly online radio show about the Bigfoot.
Biscardi said the DNA samples may not have been taken correctly and may have been contaminated, and that he would proceed with an autopsy of the alleged Bigfoot remains, currently in a freezer at an undisclosed location.
[AP]
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i'm still trying to figure ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by movie buff | August 19, 2008 7:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
i'm still trying to figure out if "Sasquatch" is Bigfoot's name, or if that's the name of his species
1. Posted by movie buff | August 19, 2008 7:18 PM |
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Posted on August 19, 2008 19:18
2. Posted by Johnny Buzzhead | August 19, 2008 9:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How could these morons think they could pull off a hoax like this. It's absurd.
2. Posted by Johnny Buzzhead | August 19, 2008 9:13 PM |
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Posted on August 19, 2008 21:13