Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Large Yeti Population in Siberia - DNA Report Challenged




It did not take long for the independent science to choke on the noisy claims made recently by Sapunov. This does no one any favors. Three independent tests properly done is one thing. This is quite another. However, this is all about the increasing visibility of the subject in the media and they will soon learn to go to the science first tp see what is real.

Yes there is a real population and a number of excellent observations, the most recent of three creatures by river based fishermen. Actual DNA will be a bonus that will end scientific neglect.

I expect that we will have published reports in North America on a number of samples already long collected rather soon. There are now a number of serious initiatives out there as well as an unlimited number of cameras out looking often by complete accident.



Hundreds of yetis live in Siberia, claims boffin


Discovery ... a professor found hair samples in a remote cave belonging to a 'mystery human-like mammal'

Published: 02nd November 2012

A SCIENTIST has put his Bigfoot in it after claiming that hundreds of yetis live in a large area of southern Siberia.

Controversial professor Valentin Sapunov has infuriated academics after he said DNA checks on hair samples from a remote cave showed it belong to a mystery human-like mammal.

Now he has gone further by asserting a population of 200 Yetis are alive and well in the forested Kemerovo, Khakassia and Altai regions of Siberia.

Professor Sapunov said there have been no confirmed sightings of yetis because the animals have an acute sense of danger.


A population of 200 would allow them to successfully reproduce, said the academic from the Russian State Hydro-meteorological University.

But other Russian experts ahave slammed Sapunov’s theories.

Oleg Pugachev, Director of the Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Science, said: “Let me make it clear - Sapunov is blatantly lying.

He came with some bits of hair to the Institute, and spent a lot of time in my office complaining that official science wants nothing to do with it and no-one wants to test them.

He asked me to help. I took a pity on him and ordered our DNA specialists to carry out a test.

They did not manage to extract any genealogical material because there were no hair bulbs.

The structure of the hair showed that they could have belonged to a goat, and a bear, and to other animals.

That’s the end of it. What Snowman is he talking about?”

Sapunov hit back saying there is more evidence of the Yeti than for many officially documented species, some of which are reported to exist on the basis of a single bone.


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