Well I am skeptical too but this comment seems a bit un-thought out:
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Still, it's not clear how, exactly, the group will prove that what they have is a Bigfoot. Because there is no comparison specimen, there is no DNA analysis that can definitively identify Bigfoot tissue.
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The purpose of DNA test is not to prove that it compares to another bigfoot specimen, but to demonstrate it isn't another animal. And then if it is to be considered a new species, the DNA would be used to help establish a holotype. This happens every week when new organisms are discovered. Not that I believe this really is a bigfoot, but that's how the process of establishing a new species works.