A new scientific study has some bad news for Bigfoot enthusiasts.

According to researchers, DNA that was allegedly extracted from the mythical creature also known as a yeti or Sasquatch actually belongs to other animals.

A team of scientists led by Bryan Sykes, a human genetics professor at the University of Oxford, came to this conclusion after conducting the first peer-reviewed genetic study of biological samples from "Bigfoot" in 2012.

In the study, which was published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B on Monday, researchers analyzed DNA from 37 samples of Bigfoot hair donated by museums and enthusiasts from around the world. In each case, they found that the hair sample belonged to a known animal species like horses, wolves, dogs, cows and raccoons. In one instance, the DNA analysis revealed that a clump of hair found in Texas actually belonged to a human.

Two hairs from India and Bhutan also matched an unknown species that could be a distant relative of the polar bear or a hybrid of local species and a brown bear. "If these bears are widely distributed in the Himalayas, they may well contribute to the biological foundation of the yeti legend," the authors said in the study, reports Time.

The researchers also stated that: "The techniques described here put an end to decades of ambiguity about species identification of anomalous primate samples and set a rigorous standard against which to judge any future claims."

"There are very few reputable scientists who have ever been willing to go publicly on record as far as Bigfoot and yeti," said anthropologist Todd Disotell of New York University, according to News.ScienceMag.org. "This study did it right, reducing contamination and following all the standard protocols."

Disotell said that the study is key to bridging the gap between enthusiasts hoping to understand Bigfoot and making claims with scientific support. "I think this study will bring home the message that you can't go off and make any old claim you want; there are scientific methods to testing claims," he adds.

However, other experts point out that if Bigfoot really did exist, then there would be more proof than just a few errant hairs.

"Those who believe in the Yeti, Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster need basic instruction in sex," Stuart Pimm, an ecologist at Duke University, told Fox News. "Each Yeti has two parents, four grandparents and so on," he said. "There should have been herds of (Yetis)," he wrote. "Where were they hiding?"