Yeti Mystery: Geneticist Finds Link That May Solve the Mystery (VIDEO)

Stories of the Yeti, a creature that is said to roam the Himalayan Mountains, have interested people for centuries, and now scientists may have discovered some concrete information about the creature that is also known as the abominable snowman, according to CNN.

Research by a renowned geneticist in the U.K. found that hair samples from two unidentified animals have proven to be a match to an ancient polar bear.

The new findings will be presented to the public in an upcoming documentary, "Bigfoot Files," that will be airing on Britain's Channel Four television network. Bryan Sykes, a professor of human genetics at Oxford University, will explain the findings in the documentary.

Last year, Sykes put out a request for people to submit hair or other tissue from "cryptids," otherwise known as previously undescribed species. He was able to collect more than 30 samples for analysis.

During the analysis, Sykes found two specific samples that are both from the Himalayas. They were found approximately 800 miles apart, with one from the Ladakh region and the other from Bhutan.

The samples were a complete, 100 percent match with a polar bear jawbone that was found in Svalbard, which is the northernmost part of Norway. The polar bear dates from between 40,000 and 120,000 years ago, according to a news report from Channel Four.

Sykes called the finding an "exciting and completely unexpected result" that casts a new view on the legend of the Yeti.

"There's more work to be done," Sykes said. "I don't think it means there are ancient polar bears wandering around the Himalayas, but we can speculate on what the possible explanation might be

"It could mean there is a subspecies of brown bear in the High Himalayas descended from the bear that was the ancestor of the polar bear," Sykes continued. "Or it could mean there has been more recent hybridization between the brown bear and the descendant of the ancient polar bear."

The DNA testing project is also looking for matches to other mysterious creatures, including the Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, and the Almasty in Russia, to study any possible link to humans.