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Bigfoot hunter suggests there's a conspiracy after Cornell University denies conducting DNA tests on remains

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Bigfoot hunter suggests there's a conspiracy after Cornell University denies conducting DNA tests on remains
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I hope you're sitting down for this one. The claims that a DNA test was conducted on the supposed remains of a Bigfoot by Cornell's Veterinary DNA Lab have been called into question.This has taken a turn from finally having the answers we've all been looking for, — that the cryptid was a Neanderthal-human hybrid, as claimed by Charles Stuart, aka Snake the Bigfoot Hunter — to being back at the starting block.That's because Cornell University denies conducting any such test for Snake.

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I hope you're sitting down for this one. The claims that a DNA test was conducted on the supposed remains of a Bigfoot by Cornell's Veterinary DNA Lab have been called into question.This has taken a turn from finally having the answers we've all been looking for, — that the cryptid was a Neanderthal-human hybrid, as claimed by Charles Stuart, aka Snake the Bigfoot Hunter — to being back at the starting block.That's because Cornell University denies conducting any such test for Snake. A spokesperson told the NY Post, "Cornell did not conduct any testing for [Stuart,] or present a report."WITNESS RECOUNTS FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND BIGFOOT SIGHTING IN CONNECTICUT, SAYS 'THERE WERE NO BOOBS'The documents that are being pointed to as evidence that are purported to be from the university aren't from the Ivy League school, the spokesperson confirmed.Snake the Bigfoot Hunter, who has been called a hoaxer and scammer by others in the Bigfoot community, claims to have found the body in the Adirondack Mountains in October 2024.He's put it on display, nicknamed it Dack, and, despite Cornell's denial, claims to have had it DNA tested. The results of which determined, according to him, that "the body has 58.5% Neanderthal and 41.5% human DNA."The reason that the university is denying that they tested the Bigfoot remains is part of a conspiracy to keep the truth from coming out, Snake suggests."CORNELL IS FLAT OUT LYING — I WILL NOT BE SILENCED," he fired back at The Post when they reached out to him about it.TWO LADIES, A DOG, A LIGHTHOUSE AND A POSSIBLE BIGFOOT ENCOUNTER ON A BEACH IN MICHIGAN"This isn't a dispute over the facts of the report — it's panic over control.

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I hope you're sitting down for this one. The claims that a DNA test was conducted on the supposed remains of a Bigfoot by Cornell's Veterinary DNA Lab have been called into question.This has taken a turn from finally having the answers we've all been looking for, — that the cryptid was a Neanderthal-human hybrid, as claimed by Charles Stuart, aka Snake the Bigfoot Hunter — to being back at the starting block.That's because Cornell University denies conducting any such test for Snake.
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