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Yeti Hair Proved Inconclusive

by FionaSara | July 25, 2008 at 10:27 am

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After testing hairs claimed to belong to an Indian version of a yeti, scientist in the UK say that the initial testing results have proved inconclusive.

As a result, the hairs will be sent to labs for DNA analysis.

The hairs from India, were selected and compared with other hairs from animals native to the regions of the Garo Hills in the north-eastern state of Meghalaya.

India also has a version of the yeti, or abominable snowman, know to locals as a mande barung or forest man.

"Another thing I can confirm is that if these hairs do indeed belong to a yeti then they - like human beings - suffer from split hair ends!" he joked.

The tests were carried out at Oxford Brookes University in central England with award-winning primatologist Anna Nekaris and microscopy expert Jon Wells from the university's anthropology department.

Using some of the most sophisticated microscopes in Britain, the hairs were magnified up to 200 times and then compared with a database of other hairs provided to Mr Redmond from Oxford's Natural History Museum and the primatology department at Oxford Brookes University.

Still, there are others who believe that the push for this DNA analysis may have more to do with boosting local tourism than substantiating yeti's existence.

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azzayindia

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at 10:40 on July 25th, 2008

FionaSara, I like this story. It's good stuff.

hairy tourism thats fun

FionaSara

at 13:28 on July 25th, 2008

I don't know if I feel passionately about discovering whether or not the yeti is real, but its interesting to note that people are actually spending money to scientifically prove/disprove its existence.