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Please post that your real name is not "Dutch".

Nice rig Norseman.

Thank you for the explanations, hiflier. I have never investigated DNA science, but you made that data make some sense to me.

About that chart of mutations. Just what does something like G7258A mutation even mean? Simply put, mitochondrial DNA has 16,569 base pairs and each one, in order of appearance, gets a number from base pair number "1" to base pair number "16,569." So the four numbers, "7852" is the location on that base pair on the mtDNA molecule. So what's up with the letters? Out of the four genetic letters used, A, T, C, and G, the "G" is showing that it is the normal amino acid in that base pair position. So in the full 16,569 mtDNA sequence of, position 7852 SHOULD be a "G" but on the chart that's not the case and here's how to know: G7258A is telling us that the normal "G" has mutated to "A". So it means that at base pair position 7852 the normal guanine (G) has mutated to adenine (A). and it's saying that that mutation is rare in Humans but common in other primates. Hope no one minded that I went into this. Hopefully it provides some clarity on what one is looking at when they see why these are noteworthy mutations when it comes to comparing normal Human DNA with very rare Human DNA that has mutated more into the realm of other primates.

Thank you, g, I'm waiting for snow just like last year. It's Maine so I should be out there soon enough. I actually like this post very much. But that's that primary reason for hoping that hundreds of people go out and collect samples from across the country and Canada. The government might be able to stop one or two, but not hundreds because collecting environmental DNA samples and having them tested is perfectly legal and sanctioned by science and government alike- in every state plus federal USFS and USF&W. I have posted and linked their very own .pdf's and papers here a bunch of times. And in every one of those papers the agencies tout, not only how reliable the technology is for finding rare species, but also inform the public on the accepted scientific protocols to follow when collecting samples. And that's the beauty of the whole thing, little in the way of cost for materials, and options for the method of sampling that one wishes to deploy. And then there are these results from TEN YEARS AGO which were posted right here on this Forum back in September of 2020. It takes a little focus to fully appreciate what the chart is saying, but it's worth the time it may take to do so. Basically these are mutations uncommon in Humans but common in other primates. The first and second ones (grey) aren't even in the GenBank, and each one of the rest, from different geographical regions, have mutations that are not seen together in the GenBank. This is pretty amazing stuff:

That's a lot of lip, for someone who believe that Bigfoot is hiding in local government... And you tell other people that they are wasting their time, the irony is hilarious.

This is what’s on the Dodge. https://www.4wheelparts.com/p/pro-comp-xtreme-m-t-2-radial-tires/9518?Style_PQMS=Xtreme+M%2FT+2

Correct, because government has no intention to officially recognize this species, whether it's by allowing somebody to shoot one or by dna proclamation. I disagree. The point is that the species will not be recognized because government will not allow it. Sasquatches don't have homes because they do not legally exist, and that is the precise reason why government will not permit discovery.