The Contamination Myth Summary

The Contamination Myth

Mainstream critics of the study have been relying on their old standby “the samples were contaminated or not handled properly.” This claim is refuted throughout the paper beginning with the forensic washing of the hairs that even world renowned geneticist Dr. Bryan Sykes admits: “You can clean any suggestion of contamination from the surface of the hair without damaging the DNA that lies within. This is something we have only known in the past couple of years.”

Dr. Ketchum knew before starting the study that contamination would be a concern. Throughout the study, steps were taken to ensure that there was no contamination and that the samples were of high quality. The results themselves prove there was no contamination. This is demonstrated by the high Q30 scores and the lack heteroplasmic bases when the samples were screened for

The peer-reviewers for Ketchum’s manuscript only wanted positive, not negative, results included for gene tests, so the TYR and HAR1 data are not discussed in the manuscript. However, you can see the remnants of it in the Supplemental Data 12 appendix. The bottom line is the Bigfoot nuDNA is missing some important human genes that should be there if the nuDNA were in fact simply contaminated with human DNA.

Furthermore, if the samples were simply bears, coyotes or whatever with no human contamination present, the human genes listed above would not be there at all.

The conclusion is that the “contamination” meme bandied about is simply a red herring. Ketchum’s DNA results, whatever they were and whatever they mean, they’re simply not a result of contamination in any way, shape or form. Critics really need to get over the contamination BS."

Results of the Sasquatch Genome Study Verified by an Independent Study

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