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'Satans Hoof' Prints Spotted In Devon Back Garden; Ancient Mystery Returns
Topic Started: Mar 13 2009, 09:28 PM (726 Views)
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Ancient Mystery Returns 'Satans Hoof' Prints Spotted In Devon Back Garden

A 150-year-old mystery has reared its head after a woman woke to find 'Satan's hoofprints' dotted across freshly fallen snow in her back garden.
The single track of cloven-like prints - which appear to have been made by a two-legged creature - precisely resemble footprints recorded in the area in 1855.
The phenomenon, which has never been explained, became known as the 'Devil's foot prints' in a local legend.

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Unexplained: The imprints appear to have been made by a two-legged creature but scientists are not yet sure of the culprit


The new tracks appeared in fresh snow in Jill Wade's back garden on March 5th.
Grandmother Jill, 76, of Woolsery, Devon, said: 'I looked in the garden and it really intrigued me.

'I couldn't believe it - the footprints were in the shape of a cloven hoof. There were no other marks at all in the snow.
'I was quite surprised by it and I hadn't got a clue what it was, but I thought I would love to know.'

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Legend: The original 'Devil's Footprints' appeared after light snowfall in 1855 and travelled from Exmouth to Topsham in Devon, even scaling rooftops


Scientists from the Centre for Fortean Zoology inspected the prints which measure 5ins (13cm) long with a stride of between 11 and 17ins (28 and 43cm).
Jonathan Downes, who runs the centre, is investigating whether the footprints could have been left by a hare or rabbits hopping on their hind legs.
Villagers blamed the church for letting the devil into their communities

He said: 'Thousands of people across the world believe in the paranormal, but so far every single thing we have looked into has turned out to have a natural explanation. I'm sure these will as well.
'Do I believe that the Devil comes from the pits of Hell to wander around the gardens of North Devon? Of course not.
'But if you're asking if there are things that can't be explained by modern science, then yes. But human knowledge is expanding all the time.
'I believe that things that are currently put down to the paranormal will one day be explained by science.'

The original 'Devil's footprints' appeared after a light snowfall on February 8th, 1855, and travelled from Exmouth to Topsham in Devon - even crossing the estuary of the River Exe.
The tracks reportedly continued unbroken for 100 miles - appearing on both sides of 14-foot walls and locked gates.
Some villagers blamed the church, who had recently changed the standard prayer book, for letting the devil into their communities.
Others blamed animals, pranksters, and even a weather balloon - but the
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From the pic, it looks like there some snow meltage going on....melting snow can change the way a footprint "looks". I vote for prankster.....as a kid I used to like to make it look like my footprints passed through a tree....
...I knew I should have picked a higher mammal....
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Quote: Jonathan Downes, who runs the centre, is investigating whether the footprints could have been left by a hare or rabbits hopping on their hind legs.

Then again, it might only have been angels that had fallen off the heads of the pins on which they had been standing. :lmao:
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Freaky. I watched something on the news similar to this a little while ago. A local was caught early morning, walking the streets in a pair of stilts to recreate the same "phenomenon".
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Awwww Little foot from..."The land before time"...too cute.

I think it's kind of pointless to run around saying it's satans hoof prints. Anyone ever see a cats foot prints in the snow? They fall into the same footprint making it look like it's only two..Also deer do this.
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Mystical . . . according to much earlier reports, perhaps if you believe in Santa . . . "Up on the housetop reindeer pause" :biggrin2:

There are mysteries which cannot be explained away by any rational method of thought. And how strange it is that when something such as this does happen, there is always a "report" of someone walking around on stilts. Never is the culprit identified. These strange appearances of unidentified people walking around on stilts are themselves a good bit mysterious themselves.
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I wasn't even in the area so it can't be the devils footprin..... erm (waves hand all jedi like) it's a hoax folks. But in all seriousness, it could be a prankster.
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My question is why walk around on stilts to cause a hoax? Someone really must have a lot of time on thier hands. :lmao:

:lmao: Ahh yes Larry I remember that song very well.
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"Hoof prints" ??


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