From the CBC, a sample of the article:

Hair samples scrutinized in Yukon sasquatch sighting
Last updated Jul 20 2005 12:27 PM MDT
CBC News
The question of whether or not there is a bigfoot roaming around the Yukon hangs by a hair, as a biologist analyzes samples taken from the community of Teslin where nine people reported sasquatch sightings 10 days ago.

Phillip Merchant, a territorial biologist, says so far tests show the hair was likely not from a bear.

He made the assessment after comparing hair samples found at the scene, with samples of known local mammals.

Cool! The controversy lives.

What happens then if its is identified as a "previously unknown primate"?

Chupacabras are better.

I've read recently that one of the scientists said that the hair was from a bison. If I come across the site again ill post a link.

oh come on! a bigfoot can rip one in half! but their good to





alien

wow that is defiantly interesting.

Actualy I didnt have to look at all .....

This from the same article ....

Even if the tests were fairly expensive, you would think if there was a remote chance of this being bigfoot they would test the sample?

They won't test it. Watch.

It's a bison hair sample.

I agree and the fact thay won't test confirms they know it is just Bison or they would pull out all the stops with extensive testing.

Who is "they" exactly?

Scientists aren't rich people...funding has to come from somewhere, and it's unfortunate that the number of people willing to fund anything to do with bigfoot is not the largest figure in the world. The only means of proceeding with further tests is if a third party put up the money for it...they can't simply wave a magic wand and make it happen.

Wouldnt bigfoot hair resemble a human, or chimpanzee hair rather than a bison.

Scientists test 'Bigfoot' hairs
By Ian Gunn
BBC News, Vancouver

Most scientists are sceptical about the sasquatch's existence
Canadian scientists are performing DNA tests on a tuft of hair said to come from a sasquatch, a legendary ape-like creature also known as Bigfoot.
Geneticists at the University of Alberta have been given the hair by witnesses who say it came from the mysterious animal.

The residents of a Yukon town say they saw the creature earlier this month.

The scientists say they think it unlikely that the hair belongs to a giant ape.

Witnesses in Teslin say they saw a tall, ape-like creature lope past a house in the middle of the night, leaving behind large footprints and a clump of hair.

'Scientifically interesting'

Geneticist David Coltman says his team will run modern DNA tests on the sample and compare the results to the DNA of large animals that are well-known here, such as bears and bison.

He says the fur is almost certainly from a well-known mammal but he admits it is possible it will not match any known species.

That, he says, would be scientifically interesting and that chance is worth running these tests for.

Stories of a giant ape roaming the western forests of North America date back to before European settlement in Canada.

But despite occasional footprints in photographs, there has never been much proof of the sasquatch's existence.

The witnesses say they are convinced something unusual is living in the woods.

The test results are expected later this week.

Tell em to give me a call, I'll give em a couple bucks to find out what it is, but you guys have to go in on it with me.

From the pic. It kinda looks like an old patch of pubic hair

GothDemon, thank you for that piece of educated input.