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November 9th 2007

DID HISTORY CHANNEL FIND BIG FOOT?

BY MELISSA JANE KRONFELD

New York Post

'MONSTERQUEST' ON HUNT FOR SASQUATCH

THE History Channel may have discovered the missing link.

In its new show "MonsterQuest," an adventurous group braved the wilderness to see if "Big Foot" actually lives in Ontario, Canada.

Scientists Kurt Nelson and Jeff Meldrum spent five days with a video and audio crew at a cabin in the utterly remote Snelgrove Lake, pulling DNA samples from the trap and exploring the forest.

The show has caused a stir among enthusiasts because it has gotten so close to proving the Sasquatch monster may, in fact, exist.

The show made "contact" with the thing on its last night of filming.

"A stone was thrown at about 2 a.m.," executive producer Doug Hajibeck told The Post. "That stone hit like a bullet. It was thrown with amazing accuracy."

The crew threw a stone back and, in a matter of minutes, a second stone was launched at them.

"I was really scared, and I felt the adrenaline," said Hajibeck. "When we threw that rock into the woods and then it got sent back, my heart raced."

Blood, tissue and hair discovered later on a bear trap outside the cabin was tested.

The hair did not match any known North American bear or animal and tests showed an uncanny similarity to human DNA with one exception: the irregular DNA matched that of a primate.

"It is a show that presents and analyzes the evidence," said executive producer Mike Stiller. "But, ultimately, it's up the viewers."

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