Daniel Buck, an authority on Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, tells me that folks in Duchesne, who desperately want to claim the legendary Sundance Kid as a hometown boy, are in for disappointment.

The bones of dirt farmer Willaim Long, right, were recently dug up from Duchesne city boneyard to determine if they are actually those of Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, a.k.a. the Sundance Kid, left. University of Utah scientists are examining the bones right now. Buck says it's not likely:

Fear not, William Long is about as likely to have been the Sundance Kid as he was to have been Our Lady of Guadalupe. The effort by some of Long's descendants to establish that their great-grandfather was the famous outlaw is an exercise in fantasy genealogy.

Which is very good news for Bob, patron saint of Park City, because the Long family isn't going to lay claim to a cut of the film fest action next month.