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The Devils Footprints
Over a series of nights from Febuary 8-11th, 1855 mysterious hoof like footprints appeared around Devon and Dorset England. The prints were mostly single file, went up to tall walls and then stopped only to start again on the top of the walls or on the otherside. They went over snow covered roofs. They went to drain pipes and exited out the otherside. The total distance of the tracks were up to a 100 miles.
Some villagers believed they were the hoof prints of the devil himself because they couldn't see how any person or animal could make such single file prints that go to seemingly impossible places.
Different animals were also considered to have made the tracks such as mice, kangaroos, or badgers.
Another theory was that the tracks were caused by an experimental balloon weighted down by shackles at the end of its mooring ropes, one of which that dragged on the ground here and there leaving the "footprints."
The most likelihood is that is was a hoax. If so, it was an elaborate one. It would take multiple people and lots of time to pull that off.
Over a series of nights from Febuary 8-11th, 1855 mysterious hoof like footprints appeared around Devon and Dorset England. The prints were mostly single file, went up to tall walls and then stopped only to start again on the top of the walls or on the otherside. They went over snow covered roofs. They went to drain pipes and exited out the otherside. The total distance of the tracks were up to a 100 miles.
Some villagers believed they were the hoof prints of the devil himself because they couldn't see how any person or animal could make such single file prints that go to seemingly impossible places.
Different animals were also considered to have made the tracks such as mice, kangaroos, or badgers.
Another theory was that the tracks were caused by an experimental balloon weighted down by shackles at the end of its mooring ropes, one of which that dragged on the ground here and there leaving the "footprints."
The most likelihood is that is was a hoax. If so, it was an elaborate one. It would take multiple people and lots of time to pull that off.
