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You are right. Two individuals from the DNR did go to the site.

It does seem strange that the DNR came out and looked....

I asked and yes the DNR is aware of the site. So I guess we can speculate all we want about that.

I’ve not read that but admittedly I’ve not spent as much time following this developing story. I would be interested in a link if you happen to come across one. If I get some time on lunch I’ll see if I can come up with anything as well.

Hiflier, I get your excitement here but all your points are assumptions, most of them coming from you putting the cart Before the horse. Let’s get results, then decide if tin foil hats are warranted.

I don't think the person that found it was a government employee, but that can be verified. He was a timber cruiser checking the market value of the timber for the private land owner.

I'm thinking some of your premises might be misleading. For one thing it isn't a large timber company. To the best if my knowledge it's a small operation. Not a Weyerhaeuser or another large operation. So probably no scientists on the payroll. DNR might know about them but there again to the best of my knowledge they have not visited the site. I believe Dr Meldrum is the only accredited scientist that has been to the site. I think David Ellis's daughter is in the scientific field as well and the only other one having been to the site. Some time has elapsed from original discovery but only a limited number of people have actually been there. Dr Meldrum did the crowd funding and the sampling. So possibly no governmental entity has been in the area. I'll wait for for Dr Disotell's results before jumping to conclusions.

Not true. You could be lying. Absolutely. You could have misidentified what you saw. Absolutely. You could have been hoaxed. Absolutely. Welcome to the forum.

^^^ if you go swimming in that pool. be sure to protect your 'ding-a-ling'. [ hint; Chuck Berry ] Is that snapping turtle the kind that can take a finger ( or other appendage ) off in one bite?

The easiest question to ask I guess is that is there any precedent? Has eDNA discovered any new species?

Unless I'm missing something, it could never be positive for sasquatch. There is no baseline to match it against. It could only come out as an undocumented primate.