$400,000 Bigfoot DNA Test: Mother's Line Real, Father's Line Impossible | Joe Rogan & David Paulides

Joe Rogan Experience #2502 - David Paulides What if Bigfoot's DNA traced back to the Middle East 15,000 years ago — and the father's side simply didn't exist? In this clip, investigator David Paulides tells Joe Rogan how two secret backers funded a $400,000 Bigfoot DNA study after both independently claimed a Sasquatch sighting. Paulides walks through the whole chain: a hair-and-fiber expert who said the sample was "not classified, doesn't exist," six or seven labs refusing to touch it, and finally Dr. Melba Ketchum running the full Bigfoot DNA analysis on 125 valid samples. The result is the part that breaks people's brains. The maternal mitochondrial DNA tracked cleanly to the Middle East roughly 12,000–15,000 years ago — but the paternal nuclear DNA returned 352 billion base pairs that GenBank flagged as impossible. Joe pushes back hard, raising the contamination critique that mainstream geneticists used to dismiss the Bigfoot DNA paper, and Paulides counters with the "my dad was Russian" argument. They close on the Soviet Almasty research and whether any independent lab ever truly tried to replicate the Bigfoot DNA findings. Real science or junk science? Watch and decide. 👉 Subscribe and hit the bell for more JRE clips. ⏱ TIMESTAMPS BELOW 0:00 — Two rich backers who both saw a Bigfoot hire Paulides 0:48 — "Go find out if it's true, false, or a hoax" 1:20 — Scott Carpenter and the spot full of evidence 2:01 — The packaging-tape trick to steal Bigfoot hair 2:56 — Hair expert: "It's not classified. It doesn't exist." 3:36 — Six labs say no, then Dr. Melba Ketchum says yes 4:33 — The $400,000 bill and 125 valid samples 5:12 — Mother's DNA: Middle East, 15,000 years ago 5:27 — Father's DNA: GenBank says it's IMPOSSIBLE 7:21 — Why the Middle East result has "religious" connotations 10:02 — Joe's contamination challenge vs the "Russian dad" rebuttal 11:22 — The Soviet Almasty study no one talks about