Wierd footprint

[mindwanderer]

While I was digging through old photographs I found one that jerked a memory in my head. About 2 years ago in january I went up to burns lake, BC. While there I went on a hike, I came across a set of prints which looked like nothing I've ever seen. So I'm gonna post it up here and hope some of you can help id it. Hope you can help!!! Heres the link http://s145.photobucket.com/albums/r...t=PICT0040.jpg EDIT: I decided I'll give some more facts now other than later. So the gait was either that of a bipedal animals or a diagonal gait where the alternate foot steps in the footprint left by the front foot/paw. I doubt the latter because no distortion or secondary impressions were found in the print. Aproximate scale is about 8 in from the tip of my thumb to the tip of my index. There are many many different species of animals in this area. Foxes, Bobcats, Blackbears, Moose, Dear, Grouse and more. And plenty of them. Also it was mid to late winter and most animals were still in hibernation. There were about 4ft of snow on the ground and the time the photo was taken was around 6 pm. So any other questions and I'll be happy to answer! Also a slightly modified version of the initial pic http://s145.photobucket.com/albums/r...ICT0040121.jpg

[Spartiate]

Looks like a small bear, weird time though.

[Man of Steel]

Yeah, that's a small black bear track. Nothing really too unusual.

[Soldier]

bear, not human. to way small to be a grizzly so yea a black bear (club?)

[mindwanderer]

Well I just want to let you guys/gals know that I'm an avid nature enthusiast and of course the first thing I would do would be to looks for tracks of other animals in the area to match them. This track is too thin to be a bear track, aswell there are no claws visible on the tracks. The one thing that proves this wrong without a doubt is the gait which isn't that of a black bear. Also the heel and pad are sunken more into the snow than the toes which leads me to believe that it has long toes, and only four of them. Black bear prints http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure.../blackbear.gif black bear gait http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/mamm.../beargait3.gif

[Elite]

Yeah, that's a small black bear track. Nothing really too unusual. Yea a bear cub =]

[StephenT]

It's a hiker baby with little bear feet shaped snow booties.

[Soldier]

posted by mindwanderer Hmm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well I just want to let you guys/gals know that I'm an avid nature enthusiast and of course the first thing I would do would be to looks for tracks of other animals in the area to match them. This track is too thin to be a bear track, aswell there are no claws visible on the tracks. The one thing that proves this wrong without a doubt is the gait which isn't that of a black bear. Also the heel and pad are sunken more into the snow than the toes which leads me to believe that it has long toes, and only four of them. Black bear prints http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure.../blackbear.gif black bear gait http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/mamm.../beargait3.gif if only i had went black bear hunting last yeari'd know what im taking about .....this year then! good points but a track insnt going to be perfect what do you think it is?

[Sornaensis]

It's a human footprint distorted by the sand it was imprinted into.

[Man of Steel]

It's a hiker baby with little bear feet shaped snow booties. Actually, after looking closer, this isn't too far-fetched. Could very well be the case.

[Sornaensis]

MoS, I must ask-- Why are their .22 shells in your sig?

[Spartiate]

I'm guessing they go with the gun.

[Soldier]

....think about it, its a .22 so there for it has .22 shells next to it. of course you may have been fooled by its size, alot of .22's are larger than most people think, is that what fooled you?

[Man of Steel]

MoS, I must ask-- Why are their .22 shells in your sig? I should think it was obvious: ....think about it, its a .22 so there for it has .22 shells next to it. of course you may have been fooled by its size, alot of .22's are larger than most people think, is that what fooled you? It is indeed a .22LR rifle, the quite large and heavy thumbhole stock aside. I figured the magazines and spare rounds would add to the image. I actually only had five shells and one magazine in the shot, the rest are cloned with Photoshop.

[Sornaensis]

Ah, the gun looks like a higher Calibur that's why I asked.

[mindwanderer]

Sorry to resurrect this dead thread but I am 100% sure this isn't a bear track. I have the photo, time of years and gait description yet you still say bear. Aer there any animals trackers or any one in that profession here?

[Spartiate]

You sure it's not manmade? Don't know what else it could be, those claw marks in a straight line are pretty distinctive...

[ExoByte]

Sorry to resurrect this dead thread but I am 100% sure this isn't a bear track. I have the photo, time of years and gait description yet you still say bear. Aer there any animals trackers or any one in that profession here? Yes, and its a bear track. Just because you want it to be different doesn't mean it is.

[mindwanderer]

What indicates to you that I want it to be something else? Of all the people on these forums (not naming any) I would be the one least likely to continue a thread just because I want to trick people or anything. I'm not claiming it's a werewolf or bigfoot. I'm just confident that it isn't a bear track. For reasons previously stated.

[ExoByte]

Well you asked for the forum opinion, we all think its a bear. If you don't, post on somewhere relevant. Like, a forum dedicated too animal tracking.