Another reported incident of a sasquatch seen in Teslin last weekend is being looked into by staff from the Department of Environment.

Teslin conservation officer John Klein said Wednesday he received eyewitness accounts of something weird in the woods at about 2:30 a.m. last Sunday. He is planning to do follow-up interviews with those who say saw something.

'It was not until the following morning at daybreak on Sunday morning that people started investigating what they saw, and that is when a print was found and a sample of hair,' Klein explained.

He said by the time he got involved and was shown the location of the print, the area in question had been disturbed quite a bit by the numerous people who wanted to see what some believe is evidence of Big Foot.

By the time Klein saw the print, there were no distinct features like the outlines of toes or such, but those who saw it initially say it was quite a bit more foot-like before the area was heavily visited.

The print, he said, measured 43 centimetres (17 inches) in length and 11.5 cm (4.5 inches) in width.

The tuft of hair collected will be sent for analysis to Philip Merchant, the department's laboratory specialist in Whitehorse.

Doug Larsen, chief of the wildlife management branch, said this morning it should be relatively straightforward to determine if the hair comes from a common local animal like a bear.

If the analysis is inconclusive, however, it may be that the sample would have to be subject to further scrutiny, such as a DNA test, he explained.

Larsen said DNA testing can be very expensive if it's intensive enough to identify a specific person for forensic purposes. But having a DNA test simply to determine if the hair is human or not, for instance, should also be relatively straightforward, he said.

Eyewitnesses to the incident could not be reached this week. Many were attending the annual general meeting of the Teslin Tlingit Council.

Klein said reports indicate about nine people saw what they maintain was a sasquatch-type figure.

In much the same way one would expect a neighbourhood to react to a bear sighting in the area, kids were cleared from the street and the area known as Smarchville was on the alert, he explained.

The report of a sighting comes a year after a similar report last June by two area residents who swear they saw something Big-Foot like cross their paths in the early morning.

Conservation officer David Bakica said back then he was convinced upon interviewing the two adults locals both familiar with wildlife that they were shaken up by whatever they saw.