Bigfoot DNA

[Dave (imported)]

>>I don't know what more exciting -- that spell check knows "bigfoot" or that it's an opossum.

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Bigfoot DNA Tests: Melba Ketchum's Research Results Are Bogus, Claims Houston Chronicle Report

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/0 ... weird-news

A Texas vet who claims to have DNA proof that Bigfoot is real went on the attack against a journalist who said her evidence comes from a small woodlands creature.

It's been five years since Texas veterinarian and genetics researcher Melba Ketchum began studying DNA samples from a creature she calls Bigfoot. She published her findings in a "scientific journal," though the only article to appear in the DeNovo Journal of Science was Ketchum's study, a fact that drew plenty of criticism from scientists and reporters.

Fed up by this hazy proof of "Sasquatch genomes," Houston Chronicle reporter Eric Berger sent some of Ketchum's DNA samples to an independent geneticist for analysis.

The result? The 100 DNA samples that Ketchum claimed proved the existence of a hybrid mix between homo sapiens and an unknown primate were actually the genetic makeup of ... an opossum.

Now it's a matter of he-Squatch she-Squatch.

From the Houston Chronicle's July 1 revelation:

If the evidence backed up Ketchum’s claims, I had a blockbuster story. My geneticist source would have a hand in making the scientific discovery of the decade, or perhaps the century. Ketchum would be vindicated ... Alas, I met my geneticist friend this past week and I asked about the Bigfoot DNA. It was, he told me, a mix of opossum and other species. No find of the century.

That said, Berger wouldn't reveal his geneticist over worries that the man would catch heat for giving time to a mythical creature.

Ketchum was outraged by Berger's article, telling HuffPost Weird News this morning, "He's just out there to create drama."

She bristled at the criticism and said Berger's work is scientifically flawed.

"This is unbelievable -- my study is a legitimate study," she said. "There's no credibility in his study whatsoever ... There's jealousy out there."

A total of 111 specimens of alleged Sasquatch hair, blood, skin and other tissues formed the basis of Ketchum's study. The samples came from several groups at sites covering 14 states and two Canadian provinces, she said.

Reputable journals originally agreed to publish her work, she claims, but backed down because publishing a study about Bigfoot would "destroy the editors' reputations." So she acquired the DeNovo journal and published it herself.

To settle the discrepancy between her research and Berger's article, Ketchum wants a new independent study. She'd allow it if she's able to watch the testing herself, because "the samples may have been switched" by Berger.

It would appear, unless Berger is flat-out lying, that the only big foot here is the one that crushed Ketchum's findings.

Moral of the story? Opossums are still pretty cool.

[considering (imported)]

A little double blind study might have helped. But...if it curls its tail like a possum, if it hangs from trees like a possum and it plays dead like a possum, it's possibly a possum. Watching the the actual performance of the study would be of any help if fraud or mixing of samples could be detected. But as there's no mention made of any other potential animal involvement, it's a possum. One can, of course, mix your samples but, when processed, they will read as however many samples were handed in. The "Search For Bigfoot" is a magical way to sell papers, has been for years and will continue to be. My hope is that it turns out that BF is the "natural" child of the Loch Ness Monster and Justin Bieber.

[Riverwind (imported)]

Every year scientist find new species around the world, they are usually small, BIGFOOT would have been discovered if it existed a few centuries ago, it would be in Native American lore, something besides the desire for it to be so, after all we saw it on the internet it must be true.

When the produce a body, that scientist have studied and confirmed that it is a valid new species then and only then will I believe such nonsense, until then..... Now aliens from outer space,

River

[gareth19 (imported)]

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To settle the discrepancy between her research and Berger's article, Ketchum wants a new independent study. She'd allow it if she's able to watch the testing herself, because "the samples may have been switched" by Berger.

What is she going to watch? That is rather like watching the paint dry. Does she even know how recombinant DNA testing is done?

[Dave (imported)]

What is she going to watch? That is rather like watching the paint dry. Does she even know how recombinant DNA testing is done?

Tell me about it. I worked with a PhD Chemist who computerized several laboratories quite successfully and published lots of the work. Really good DNA testing takes days sometime if you want detailed information. We did lots of routine analyses (what I should say is that I sent samples to the lab and the chemists did the analyses.) None of them were done in minutes. Some tests took weeks. And then after collecting data from an operating unit for 100 hours, we needed eight to a dozen such 100 hour runs to compare each run to the other runs.

Paint dries a whole lot faster than that.

[devi (imported)]

Would bigfoot dna be the opposite of smallfoot dna?

Maybe the reason bigfoot don't appear in public is because they don't have any shoes.

They can't buy them anywhere. (At least us smallfeet can find them in the kid's section.)