'Yeti' Finger? Tests Conclude Appendage is Human (VIDEO)

By Benge Nsenduluka, CP Reporter Thursday, December 29, 2011

The mystery surrounding what was initially believed to be a Yeti finger has come to an end after scientific research was completed.

For years, science fans have speculated as to whether a finger-type fragment taken by American explorer Peter Byrne from a Nepalese Monastery in the 1950s belonged to a Yeti.

Finally, the debate has come to an end after researchers at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland determined the finger was in fact human, according to BBC.

"We had to stitch it together. We had several fragments that we put into one big sequence and then we matched that against the database and we found human DNA," Dr. Rob Ogden told BBC.

"So it wasn't too surprising but it was obviously slightly disappointing that you hadn't discovered something brand new. … Human was what we were expecting and human is what we got," Ogden added.

One critic suggested there was never any need for DNA tests to be carried out, as the fragile digit closely resembles a human finger.

"If one had just found it without the story attached to it, I think you would think it was a human finger," Primatologist Ian Redmond said.

Although science has previously concluded that Yetis are as likely as UFOs, suggesting that it is a mythical being, conspiracy theorists insist the famous creature once roamed the earth.

Yetis have been described as ape-like, resembling Big Foot, and said to be gray or red in color.

Believed to originate from regions within the Himalayas, Yeti's are also the most well known creature of Crytozoology.

Earlier this year, Russian scientists claimed to have found indisputable evidence in Siberia allegedly proving that Yetis are not a myth, and did at one point exist.

Skeptics dismissed these claims as an attempt to promote tourism.