This Is The Bigfoot Hair That Was Recently Sold To A Museum For $225

A Lufkin, Texas resident named Ty Shafer, just sold his Bigfoot hair to the Museum of the Weird in Austin for $225. The owner of the museum, Steve Busti won the bid at an auction house in Nacogdoches, Texas. This place sells stuff like vintage bedroom sets, antique dolls, and antique furniture. Shafer, the guy who sold it to Shafer, has no idea whether the hair is from a Bigfoot or a bear (but he's really hoping it's from a Bigfoot). Shafer originally bought it off some guy in Washington state for $15:

After hearing the story of how the Bigfoot hair was obtained, Shafer was a believer.

Apparently, the person who divvied up the hair into 100 lots was visiting a friend near Skookumchuck Lake in Washington state. The friend was checking some animal traps -- not Bigfoot traps -- and pointed out Bigfoot tracks and hair (now in 100 lots) near the traps.

"Actually, I have seen Bigfoot before," the friend told the hair collector. Is it possible he's telling the truth?

The new owner is aware that it could be something other than Bigfoot-- That's why he's going to get DNA testing done on the hair:

"I'm excited," Busti said by phone soon after Saturday night's auction. "I'm really looking forward to having the hair tested. If they come back with some unusual result, it could really change things. This could really be like the smoking gun, if you will, that will prove the existence of this animal."

Busti owns the Museum of the Weird in Austin, Texas, and plans to add the hair to an existing Bigfoot exhibit that includes alleged Bigfoot tracks in plaster casts. Obviously, he is hoping the Bigfoot hair turns out to be authentic.

The lock of hair came in a plastic holder attached to a placard (shown above) that said it was "Certified Genuine BIGFOOT Hair."

[via www.grindtv.com]