FBI tested 'Bigfoot' hair in the 1970s — and this 93-year-old man is still searching for Sasquatch
On Wednesday, the same man who spurred that analysis, 93-year-old Peter Byrne, told CNBC he still hasn't given up hope of proving that Bigfoot is a real — if exceedingly rare — creature.
But he conceded Wednesday that those prints could have been left by Hindu holy men, or sadhus, whom he has seen walking barefoot in the snows at such heights. "We do not often come across hair which we are unable to identify and the hair that we have now, about 15 hairs attached to a tiny piece of skin, is the first that we have obtained in six years which we feel may be of importance," Byrne wrote in a November 24, 1976, letter to FBI Assistant Director Jay Cochran Jr.
But Cochran added, "occasionally, on a case-by-case basis, in the interest of research and scientific inquiry, we make exceptions to the general policy."It was the first time that the FBI apparently tested a sample of hair to see if it was a Bigfoot, according to the records, which contain photocopied images of the hairs.14-1/2 inch Bigfoot footprint found by Peter Byrne's Bigfoot research team in the Six Rivers National Forest in Northern California in 1961.
"No, no," Byrne answered ruefully, when asked if he had ever actually seen a Yeti or Bigfoot. "I'd love to see one."He noted that he once found a "huge footprint" in the Northwest of what would have been an upright mammal with five toes on each foot and a "46-inch stride."
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