Girl Asks Police To Run DNA Test On Christmas Cookie To Prove Existence Of Santa Claus
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The girl wrote to her local police department seeking to formally test leftover carrots and cookies for DNA to prove the existence of Santa Claus.
At some point, most children question whether or not Santa is real. One such girl from Cumberland, Rhode Island, who had the same doubt, finally decided to do something about it by taking the help of science. She requested the local police department to run a DNA test on evidence to prove the existence of Santa Claus.
According to NPR, 10-year-old Scarlett Doumato wrote to her local police department seeking to formally test food particles from leftover carrots and cookies for DNA to prove the existence of Santa Claus.
"I took a sample of a cookie and carrots that I left for Santa and the reindeer on Christmas Eve and I was wondering if you could take a sample of DNA and see if Santa is real?" the girl wrote. She then forwarded the 'evidence' to the state's Department of Health-Forensic Sciences unit for analysis.
The police department had the sweetest response to the little girl's request, and even shared her letter and pictures of 'evidence' on Facebook. Police Chief Matthew Benson said he has forwarded the girl's evidence to the Rhode Island Department of Health for analysis to examine possible DNA traces from Santa while comparing the bite marks to any of Santa's reindeer on file.
