Bigfoot Hunter Claims 8-Foot Remains Show Neanderthal DNA
Posted Saturday, July 11, 2026
By Squatchable.com staff
So, I just came across this wild video from the Grayson Report channel on YouTube, and honestly, I had to share it because this is one of those stories that makes you stop and pay attention. A Bigfoot hunter named Charles Stewart, who goes by "Snake the Bigfoot Hunter," is claiming he has actual physical remains of a Sasquatch, and he's saying DNA testing has backed him up.
According to the video, Snake found what he believes to be a decomposing Bigfoot body back in 2024 in Aderandac Park in upstate New York. He described the creature as being around 8 feet tall and roughly 300 pounds. He even mentioned being able to smell the decay from a distance because the remains were sitting in a patch of poison ivy. Based on the state of decomposition, he estimated the body had been there for about two days before he decided to take it home. He's apparently had it on display for the last couple of years, and he's named the specimen "Dak."
Now here's where things get really interesting. Snake claims he sent blood, hair, and fecal samples to a friend who works at the Cornell Veterinary BioDNA lab. The results, according to him, came back showing the creature is 58.5% Neanderthal and 41.5% human, with some indigenous markers mixed in. If true, that's a pretty massive claim, because it would suggest Sasquatch could be some kind of surviving archaic hominid rather than just a misidentified bear or unknown primate.
The video also mentions that Snake found something unusual on the specimen, a baculum, which is a reproductive bone. He pointed out that humans don't have this bone, but it's found in polar bears and many other mammals. His theory is that this adaptation allows for aggressive procreation, which might explain why Bigfoot are so nomadic and don't form family units like we do. That's actually a fascinating detail if the anatomy checks out, because it would suggest a very different reproductive strategy than what we've assumed.
One of the more intriguing parts of the story is that Snake says a documentary team from Japan came out and did a peer review of the DNA work, and they even released a film about it in Japan. He's been trying to get more researchers involved, but he admits it's been an uphill battle. He even coined a term for the skeptics out there, calling it "Bigfoot Derangement Syndrome," or BDS for short.
I know what a lot of people are probably thinking, and the host of the video even addressed it. There's a long history of people claiming to have Bigfoot bodies, and most of them turn out to be hoaxes, costumes, or misidentified animals. The famous "Iceman" hoax from 2008 and the more recent "Bigfoot body" claims from 2008 in Georgia come to mind. So skepticism is completely understandable here. But at the same time, if the DNA results are legitimate and peer-reviewed by an actual lab, that's a different ballgame entirely.
The host of the video made a really good point about how stories tend to change over time, especially when passed from person to person. What witnesses describe today might not be exactly what's out there, but that doesn't mean something isn't there. And honestly, with the amount of credible eyewitness reports that have come out of upstate New York over the years, including from police officers and forest rangers, it's not the most far-fetched location for something like this.
If you want to hear the full story and see the images that were shown in the video, definitely check out the Grayson Report channel on YouTube. They do a good job of laying out the details and letting you make up your own mind. Just a heads up, the host does show some photos of the alleged remains, so be prepared for that if you're squeamish.
I'll be curious to see if more researchers step up to examine this, or if any other labs get involved. If even a fraction of what Snake is claiming turns out to be true, this could be one of the biggest stories in cryptozoology history. But until we get independent verification, it's still very much a "wait and see" situation. Either way, it's a story worth keeping an eye on.