'Yeti hair' to get DNA analysis

BBC ^ | Page last updated at 11:19 GMT, Friday, 25 July 2008 12:19 UK | By Alastair Lawson

[Perdogg]

Scientists in the UK who have examined hairs claimed to belong to a yeti in India say that an initial series of tests have proved inconclusive.

Ape expert Ian Redmond says the hairs bear a "startling resemblance" to similar hairs collected by Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary.

He told the BBC the Indian hairs are "potentially very exciting".

After extensive microscope examinations, the hairs will now be sent to separate labs for DNA analysis.

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I see the Helen Thomas pic is late.

[Quix]

INTERESTING.

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[PLMerite]

Hair analysis always come back “inconclusive” because there are no “known” samples of yeti or bigfoot hairs to verify them against.

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initial series of tests have proved inconclusive.

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Translation: initial tests showed the opposite of what we were hoping to see.

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