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“Satan’s” Footprints?


Samhain

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We got some snow, and when going out to shovel, I spotted some strange footprints. I thought it could be a deer maybe, but when looking at it, it didn’t appear to have four legs. However, it wasn’t walking like something with two legs would (what does have two legs that lives around NJ?) because the footprints were at least a foot apart. They also appeared to look like hoof prints, however as the sun melted the snow they became bigger. They seemed to go from the street to the bushes way back into my backyard.

Can anybody help identify them?

 

(Here is an article where somebody found similar footprints: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1161765/Ancient-mystery-returns-Satans-hoofprints-spotted-Devon-garden.html)

 

 

 

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17 minutes ago, Samhain said:

Can anybody help identify them?

 

Not without a direct overhead closeup. But it was something trotting on 4 legs.

Which section of Jersey? 

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6 minutes ago, Piney said:

Not without a direct overhead closeup. But it was something trotting on 4 legs.

Which section of Jersey? 

To me it looks like 2 legs, and they’re in a line.

Northwestern Jersey.

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1 minute ago, Samhain said:

To me it looks like 2 legs, and they’re in a line.

 

Which is what a "fox trot" looks like. Even if it's a horse or goat. :lol:  

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Could be squirrel. I get the weird footprints in my yard, and have watched the squirrels hopping in the snow making the prints. They tend to trail from tree to tree in my yard.

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Dammit, that Satan-dude is everywhere, few days ago he took up Yoga, and now he's playing in the snow.

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5 minutes ago, acute said:

It could be a wounded bird, flying very slowly, bleeding at regular intervals.

:whistle:

Are you stopping by for dinner? :o

 

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15 minutes ago, Piney said:

Are you stopping by for dinner? :o

 

Aha! Now we know how the bird got injured!

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59 minutes ago, Piney said:

Not without a direct overhead closeup. But it was something trotting on 4 legs.

Which section of Jersey? 

How so Piney? Looks like 2?

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46 minutes ago, rashore said:

Could be squirrel. I get the weird footprints in my yard, and have watched the squirrels hopping in the snow making the prints. They tend to trail from tree to tree in my yard.

That's one dedicated squirrel to keep hopping that far. I am however , not that dedicated.

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37 minutes ago, acute said:

It could be a wounded bird, flying very slowly, bleeding at regular intervals.

:whistle:

But the footprints are about 2-3 inches in length. I don’t think a bird’s feet would be that large.

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2 minutes ago, Samhain said:

But the footprints are about 2-3 inches in length. I don’t think a bird’s feet would be that large.

I dunno ........... I've always imagined the Devil would be about 8' tall at least; 2"- 3" footprints makes for a very dainty little devil! Plus, why would you immediately think 'Devil!' when footprints appear in the snow? There must be many, many more possibilities, surely?

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1 hour ago, DebDandelion said:

How so Piney? Looks like 2?

If you look at something like a fox of feline trail trotting through the snow it sometimes looks like 2 when it's a extended 4. 

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1 hour ago, Samhain said:

But the footprints are about 2-3 inches in length. I don’t think a bird’s feet would be that large.

He's being smart. @acute s Saxon humour is something to get use too...

....unless he becomes a chainsaw tenderized hedgehog roast. :yes:

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5 minutes ago, Piney said:

If you look at something like a fox of feline trail trotting through the snow it sometimes looks like 2 when it's a extended 4. 

Stupid question . what gives the 4 legged animal the illusion of 2 legged? Has it got to do with the snow? Or the way it has to lift its paws in the snow?

(This is blowing my mind! We did a little tracking in my aunts farm, but its drier as dry out there, so spoor in the veldt I can read a little, but snow? Completely new territory)

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1 hour ago, seanjo said:

Red deer snow tracks...

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This is a beautiful photo...

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1 hour ago, ouija ouija said:

I dunno ........... I've always imagined the Devil would be about 8' tall at least; 2"- 3" footprints makes for a very dainty little devil! Plus, why would you immediately think 'Devil!' when footprints appear in the snow? There must be many, many more possibilities, surely?

Depends on the mindset of the viewer I assume. If ur scared out of ur wits- logic doesn't seem to be an option . 

I always imagined the devil would be hot, so where he treads scorched death effect... Highly disappointed there wasn't snow melting around his footprints...

(As a child I clearly read to many novels on weird and wonderful...)

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11 minutes ago, Piney said:

He's being smart. @acute s Saxon humour is something to get use too...

....unless he becomes a chainsaw tenderized hedgehog roast. :yes:

My humour is an acquired taste, like Cajun Hedgehog. 

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18 minutes ago, acute said:

My humour is an acquired taste, like Cajun Hedgehog. 

With lots of cumin, habaneros and onions.....

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20 minutes ago, seanjo said:

watch the footfall.

That's what I said. A "fox trot". 

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28 minutes ago, DebDandelion said:

 Or the way it has to lift its paws in the snow?

Exactly. 

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49 minutes ago, DebDandelion said:

Depends on the mindset of the viewer I assume. If ur scared out of ur wits- logic doesn't seem to be an option . 

I always imagined the devil would be hot, so where he treads scorched death effect... Highly disappointed there wasn't snow melting around his footprints...

(As a child I clearly read to many novels on weird and wonderful...)

It doesn’t mean a literal devil. It could be the New Jersey Devil or Hopping Devil, both not actual devils.

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1 hour ago, Piney said:

If you look at something like a fox of feline trail trotting through the snow it sometimes looks like 2 when it's a extended 4. 

I noticed some are also more than a foot apart... which would be strange for a four legged animal because there would be a set of footprints behind them.

 

I’m not suggesting that it isn’t a deer or something - because it can be anything - I’m just curious as to what it could be.

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