Jayelles
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There was an animal hair found on JonBenet's hand (source - Carnes Report). It supposedly matched nothing in the house. I believe it is one of the few genuine pieces of evidence from the case because it was found on her hand and hairs do not normally stick to skin for long.
There has been some "hearsay" suggestions as to what this animal hair was. Unfortunately, the sources are not without credibility problems and therefore, cannot be claimed as FACT. Supposedly, the hair was from a wolf or wolf-dog. The Ramsey PIs have suggested this as a link to Michael Helgoth as he had wolf-dogs ... but then they tried to suggest that Michael Helgoth's boots could be linked to the ramsey basement - because debris on the sole of his boots looked the same colour as the mould on the Ramsey basement floor. They drew this conclusion from photographs IGNORING the fact that photographs taken at Helgoth's place of work showed that the soil there was also a similar colour to the debris on the soles of his boots!
Still, it is interesting to consider how an unknown anuimal hair got onto JonBenet's hand. At jameson's forum, the well respected poster Why_Nut suggested that it could have gotten there by innocent transfer. Hairs transfer easily. I was very allergic to cats as a child and couldn't even sit beside anyone who owned a cat without my eyes and breathing getting affected. The problem was that there might be a cat hair or two on their clothing. I'm sure others will have experienced this too - it's not unusual. Peolpe with cat allergy are often VERY sensitive to cat hair.
Why_Nut raised the point that Boulder is located in an area which has many wild animals and that it not unusual for these animals to wander into the housing areas at night time in search of food. Indeed, John Ramsey himself wrote about the fact that when they went to view the house, a deer was in the garden and he took this as an omen.
Why_Nut suggested that if wild animals were known to come into the Ramsey yard, then it might even be possible for them to shed hairs there - which could be picked up by a child playing in the yard and brought into the house on a shoe or the wheel of a toy. His suggestion has been ridiculed - yet it isn't a ridiculous suggestion. A human sheds approximately 100 hairs per day from their head. Think of how many hairs an animal sheds. Those of us with dogs will know just how many hairs they shed on a daily basis (unless we have a breed which doesn't shed). Wild animals have to shed their hairs somewhere - likely everywhere they go. There isn't some mechanism which they can switch on and off to shed their hairs when it suits them! Animals hairs are therefore likely to be everywhere!
If packing peanuts can be brought in from outside in the ramsey home - so too can other debris - including wild animal hairs.
It is unlikely that JonBenet's killer brought a wild animal with him/her. The hair most certainly is secondary transfer.
As WhyNut pointed out, jameson herself wrote about the ease with which hairs and fibres can be transferred. As I recall, the example she gave was that hairs (or was it fibres?) from one of her son's female friends ended up in jameson's bed - even although the girl hadn't been anywhere near jameson's bed. As I recall, the hair was a distinctive colour and therefore unmistakeably from this particular person.
It seems to me that some people are ready to accept that secondary transfer is worth considering - as long as it didn't come from a Ramsey
There has been some "hearsay" suggestions as to what this animal hair was. Unfortunately, the sources are not without credibility problems and therefore, cannot be claimed as FACT. Supposedly, the hair was from a wolf or wolf-dog. The Ramsey PIs have suggested this as a link to Michael Helgoth as he had wolf-dogs ... but then they tried to suggest that Michael Helgoth's boots could be linked to the ramsey basement - because debris on the sole of his boots looked the same colour as the mould on the Ramsey basement floor. They drew this conclusion from photographs IGNORING the fact that photographs taken at Helgoth's place of work showed that the soil there was also a similar colour to the debris on the soles of his boots!
Still, it is interesting to consider how an unknown anuimal hair got onto JonBenet's hand. At jameson's forum, the well respected poster Why_Nut suggested that it could have gotten there by innocent transfer. Hairs transfer easily. I was very allergic to cats as a child and couldn't even sit beside anyone who owned a cat without my eyes and breathing getting affected. The problem was that there might be a cat hair or two on their clothing. I'm sure others will have experienced this too - it's not unusual. Peolpe with cat allergy are often VERY sensitive to cat hair.
Why_Nut raised the point that Boulder is located in an area which has many wild animals and that it not unusual for these animals to wander into the housing areas at night time in search of food. Indeed, John Ramsey himself wrote about the fact that when they went to view the house, a deer was in the garden and he took this as an omen.
Why_Nut suggested that if wild animals were known to come into the Ramsey yard, then it might even be possible for them to shed hairs there - which could be picked up by a child playing in the yard and brought into the house on a shoe or the wheel of a toy. His suggestion has been ridiculed - yet it isn't a ridiculous suggestion. A human sheds approximately 100 hairs per day from their head. Think of how many hairs an animal sheds. Those of us with dogs will know just how many hairs they shed on a daily basis (unless we have a breed which doesn't shed). Wild animals have to shed their hairs somewhere - likely everywhere they go. There isn't some mechanism which they can switch on and off to shed their hairs when it suits them! Animals hairs are therefore likely to be everywhere!
If packing peanuts can be brought in from outside in the ramsey home - so too can other debris - including wild animal hairs.
It is unlikely that JonBenet's killer brought a wild animal with him/her. The hair most certainly is secondary transfer.
As WhyNut pointed out, jameson herself wrote about the ease with which hairs and fibres can be transferred. As I recall, the example she gave was that hairs (or was it fibres?) from one of her son's female friends ended up in jameson's bed - even although the girl hadn't been anywhere near jameson's bed. As I recall, the hair was a distinctive colour and therefore unmistakeably from this particular person.
It seems to me that some people are ready to accept that secondary transfer is worth considering - as long as it didn't come from a Ramsey
